Bug 418907

Summary:	Strange connection to cloudfront
Product:	[Plasma] plasma-browser-integration	Reporter:	sowieso
Component:	general	Assignee:	Kai Uwe Broulik <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description sowieso 2020-03-16 06:22:58 UTC

As the docs say: 
”Everything is handled on your PC between the browser and your desktop, no additional data is sent via the web.”,
I'm a bit confused why I see this line running the command ‘lsof -Pi’

plasma-br  1805   me  153u  IPv4   29822      0t0  TCP 192.168.0.4:36280->server-99-84-133-80.nrt57.r.cloudfront.net:443 (CLOSE_WAIT)

This connection is permanently in state CLOSE_WAIT. But why is there a connection to cloudfront in the first place? This doesn't really sound like respecting my privacy.

Please elaborate and in case it's a bug, please fix it.

Observed in Firefox 74.0 (64-bit).

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.67.0
Qt Version: 5.14.1
Kernel Version: 5.5.8-arch1-1
OS Type: 64-bit

Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2020-03-16 08:45:51 UTC

I can see a bunch of unusual connections to AWS, and other crap being listed when running it in Firefox. I suspect it's Firefox leaking that to the host? There is nothing when running Chrome.

The only active networking code in the p-b-i host is mimetype determination when using the "Share..." menu.

Comment 2 Kai Uwe Broulik 2020-03-16 08:55:17 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 399449 ***