alt Hacker News> You appear to be in Denver, United States. Your internet provider is Netskope Inc. We know this because your IP address — 163.xxx.xxx.32 — was the first thing your device sent us. We know the rest of it. We chose not to display it. Most pages would not have made that choice. We did not ask for your location. Your address arrived before you did.
"We know the rest of it. We chose not to display it. Most pages would not have made that choice" this is written to frighten children maybe? Also that's not my internet provider. Maybe it's my ISPs upstream provider?
there was a prank way back, that used simple html, css and javascript, to instruct the browser to display IP address, public, and local, popup a stream from the webcam, and place them among a crafted document intended to trigger i.e. troll people.
no data was cast to internet, it was all code executed with local user permissions to access the devices devices and logfiles displayed inline as "proof" that you are standing on stage with naught but your drawers.
people were at times moved into a panic and could be manipulated into making contact with malignant entities. there were casualties.
never underestimate the damage that can be caused by manipulating perceptions of the current situation,its not a joke, its handgun serious.