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by max_ 2540 days ago
You can send them an image payload with spyware embedded in it
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Or better yet, just a URL that collects a ton of telemetry. In most cases, their curiousity will win out and you can get browser/platform/ip address details that might help suss out the attacker.

I'll do this with a simple PHP page that records everything useful from $_ENV and $_REQUEST.

Bonus: it's legal.

https://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.environment...

https://www.php.net/phpinfo

This is probably really obvious but just in case: be careful you don't break any laws in the process. Would be a shame to land in as much hot water as the perpetrator. Good luck!