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h2337··on Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map
Might add that soon as configurable option, thanks for suggestion!
h2337··on Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map
Thanks for reporting. Will look into it soon.
h2337··on Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map
Thanks for feedback! Will make it much more configurable as soon as I have time.
h2337··on Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map
Correct! GeoIP database is local.
h2337··on Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map
No, for normal network configurations they wouldn't show. It's most likely your system connmap is running on making those connections.
h2337··on Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map
Those 3 dots are your peers, the other end of the TCP connection :)

So you basically have some apps running in the background (or foreground) that are making those connections.

h2337··on Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map
Thanks for the discussion. Fix is already committed.
h2337··on Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map
Thanks for noticing! Fix pushed.
h2337··on Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map
> (say, with more privileges)

Isn't it a moot point if unprivileged app can already run anything with more privileges? In normal operation, connmap requires no special privileges.

h2337··on Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map
Why would you want to trigger a buffer overflow in user application if you can already control HOME envvar?
h2337··on Show HN: X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map
What's insecure? Can you explain what's the vulnerability here and how and by whom can it be exploited?