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[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

In all seriousness: yes. Any app or even website can scan your local network and attempt to access other devices. This is apparent in the fact that dedicated network scanner apps like Fing don't require any permissions to scan your network, therefore any app can if it wanted to.