Browser History Sniffing Is Back 161
An anonymous reader writes "Remember CSS history sniffing? The leak is plugged in all major browsers today, but there is some bad news: in a post to the Full Disclosure mailing list, security researchers have showcased a brand new tool to quickly extract your history by probing the cache, instead. The theory isn't new, but a convincing implementation is."
Re:Unreliable (Score:2, Funny)
This tool seems unreliable (at least in Chrome). I've been on YouTube five times in the past 48 hours and it still showed up grey on the sniffer.
Most likely an OS/Vendor issue.
If you're using a Mac, pretty much every sniffer tool will show up ghey.
Re:jacked or tracked: it's your choice (Score:3, Funny)
'Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.'
Re:Unreliable (Score:3, Funny)
That's great news. The Mexicans at Lowe's are really overpriced.
Better have good gag reflexes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Easy work-around (Score:3, Funny)
If your ultimate purpose was more privacy, I find it VERY amusing that you ended up willingly sharing everything with Google, of all parties. :D