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bmacho on June 7, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a user...

There are no mechanisms in browsers yet. Best you can do is using the OS to forbid your whole browser to access your local network. (And use another browser only for your local network.) Ask ChatGPT for methods to sandbox your browser.

3abiton on June 8, 2025 [–]

Thanks! I have already setup iptables rules for vms to deny them local network access. I'll use the same trick for local access now i guess.

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