Localhost: Where Your IP Is Always Safe

Localhost: Where Your IP Is Always Safe
localhost-memes, 127.0.0.1-memes, networking-memes, security-memes, frontend-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

The CS student proudly shows off their "Weather App" running on localhost (127.0.0.1:5500), completely oblivious that they just broadcast their IP address to the world. Except... it's just localhost! The commenter with the skull emoji thinks they've caught someone making a rookie security mistake, but they're actually the one who needs to brush up on networking basics. That IP is just pointing to their own computerβ€”like trying to prank call yourself. Every developer's machine has this address. It's the digital equivalent of saying "I live at Home Street, in House City."

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