[SGVLUG] interesting news items

Emerson, Tom Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com
Thu Mar 23 09:49:26 PST 2006


> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On Behalf Of Sean O'Donnell
>  
> LOL... That firefox bug description is hilarious...
> 
> "This privacy flaw has caused my fiancé and I to break-up 
> after having dated for 5 years."
> 
> Classic!

It gets even better -- note the e-mail address of the reporter: somethingdumber at hotmail.  The discussion that ensues is good for a couple of chuckles as well...

The gist of it is that, under certain circumstances, the names of websites you've visited could be revealed to other users of the same [windows] computer [though in different accounts]  it's kind of a back-door reveal in that the names of the sites are found under the "don't save passwords for these sites" list, not any specific "history" file or folder.  


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