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James Bradach
Jul 22

How your NFTs may be tracking you

NFTs have been all the rage these days, but did you know the NFT in your wallet could be collecting information about you? This information could include your IP address, operating system, and geography. All it takes is the creator placing an image URL in the NFT ‘s metadata that points to a machine they control that logs the request. Many web servers like Apache and NGINX can do this by default. The team at HOPR have created a series of Non-Private NFTs that show this vulnerability.Note: thi...
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