eBay is spying on you!. User privacy compromised

[wonderfaller]

Hi, all!

This may not come as a surprise for those computer-savvy, but it was clearly a shock to me when I read it. I wonder if eBay could be sued for privacy intrusion...

eBay port scans visitors' computers for remote access programs
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...cess-programs/

[wonderfaller]

Is this an anti-fraud method or is there anything else behind it that we don't know about?


Is This Website Port Scanning Me?
https://nullsweep.com/why-is-this-we...t-scanning-me/

[rsot]

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[Lucas111]

That's 100% true

[revenge]

I can confirm some personal experience that they indeed exploit these ports. I can't speak much on it since our company have a case against them.

[DigiCambio]

Originally Posted by revenge

I can confirm some personal experience that they indeed exploit these ports. I can't speak much on it since our company have a case against them.

The scanned ports are not open for the outside so how they can be abused ?

[Darkineyye]

they will be ways to block them from your browser

not surprising, ebay is more invasive then people realize

[ckev26]

There scanning to make sure YOUR computer is not compromised, those ports will be remote access ports and are targeted by hackers who then use your ebay account to make fraudulent purchases,
They have always done this,

[wonderfaller]

Originally Posted by ckev26

There scanning to make sure YOUR computer is not compromised, those ports will be remote access ports and are targeted by hackers who then use your ebay account to make fraudulent purchases,
They have always done this,

But isn't it an invasion of one's privacy?. To my understanding, eBay doesn't let the end user know that it's scanning the ports in one's computer. Much worse if they have been doing this for a long time, as you say ,