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<blockquote data-quote="Parkinsond" data-source="post: 1128013" data-attributes="member: 106308">This is almost certainly not Google itself scanning you maliciously — but rather one of the following:<h4><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="✅" title="Check mark button&nbsp; &nbsp; :white_check_mark:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2705.png" data-shortname=":white_check_mark:" /> Most Likely: STUN / WebRTC Traffic</h4>The ports you listed and the fact it’s UDP traffic strongly suggest this is STUN (Session Traversal Utilities for NAT) traffic, typically used by:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Google Chrome</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">WebRTC (video/audio calling)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Google Meet, Discord, Zoom, or any web app using peer-to-peer connections</li>
</ul>This type of traffic happens when a site tries to establish a peer-to-peer connection — and Chrome (or another app) contacts a Google STUN server to determine your external IP and open ports. It might look like a scan, but it&#039;s just part of WebRTC trying to make NAT traversal work.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://chatgpt.com/c/683c2a26-faf8-8002-ac62-859898f9bffe[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Parkinsond, post: 1128013, member: 106308"] This is almost certainly [B]not Google itself scanning you maliciously[/B] — but rather one of the following: [HEADING=3]✅ [B]Most Likely: STUN / WebRTC Traffic[/B][/HEADING] The ports you listed and the fact it’s [B]UDP traffic[/B] strongly suggest this is [B]STUN (Session Traversal Utilities for NAT)[/B] traffic, typically used by: [LIST] [*][B]Google Chrome[/B] [*][B]WebRTC (video/audio calling)[/B] [*][B]Google Meet, Discord, Zoom, or any web app using peer-to-peer connections[/B] [/LIST] This type of traffic happens [B]when a site tries to establish a peer-to-peer connection[/B] — and Chrome (or another app) contacts a Google STUN server to determine your external IP and open ports. It might look like a scan, but it's just part of WebRTC trying to make NAT traversal work. [URL unfurl="true"]https://chatgpt.com/c/683c2a26-faf8-8002-ac62-859898f9bffe[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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