Browser History Hack Compromises User Privacy
Tom Sanders writes on vnunet.com:
Security researchers with Spi Dynamics have demonstrated a techniques that exposes the past search queries as well as websites that a user visited to online publishers..More here.
Websites could use the technique to check if a user has researched its products through search engines. An insurance provider for instance could deploy the method to verify if an client applying for life insurance has ordered cigarettes online. It could also allow Amazon to check if users have been shopping with competing stores.
posted by Fergie @ 10/05/2006 05:36:00 PM
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