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local-network-access

A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' local network without permission

3Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
278GitHub stars
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What it is

A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' local network without permission

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by week3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-06-04 18:15:54 UTC to 2025-08-20 11:47:01 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

012025-06-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsJun 22025-06-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-06-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-06-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-06-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-07-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-07-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-07-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJul 72025-07-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-07-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-07-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-07-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-07-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsAug 18

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Jun 22025-06-02 00:00:00 UTC2025-06-09 00:00:00 UTC110
Jun 92025-06-09 00:00:00 UTC2025-06-16 00:00:00 UTC101
Jun 162025-06-16 00:00:00 UTC2025-06-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 232025-06-23 00:00:00 UTC2025-06-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 302025-06-30 00:00:00 UTC2025-07-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 72025-07-07 00:00:00 UTC2025-07-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 142025-07-14 00:00:00 UTC2025-07-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 212025-07-21 00:00:00 UTC2025-07-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 282025-07-28 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 42025-08-04 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 112025-08-11 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 182025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-25 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Chrome doesn't allow it - local network services have to opt-in to being fetchable from public sites (https://github.com/WICG/private-network-access), although they're replacing it with a user-permission-based approach (https://github.com/WICG/local-network-access). (There is some language online suggesting PNA has not actually shipped, but I experienced it myself in stable Chrome several years ago, so I am unsure of the current state). Firefox doesn't implement either approach -- I assume this is indicative of their lack of development resources.
In Ask HN: Why does the US Visa application website do a port-scan of my network?

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