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1 posted on
05/25/2010 12:19:17 PM PDT by
Gomez
To: Swordmaker; ShadowAce
2 posted on
05/25/2010 12:19:55 PM PDT by
Gomez
(killer of threads)
To: Gomez
Yikes. I am very heavy in the security world these days. This is pretty interesting.
3 posted on
05/25/2010 12:25:28 PM PDT by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
To: Gomez; Lazamataz
This is definitely not cool. I know Firefox for version 4 is slated to have a way to hide the history, but its not been said how they will address it.
From what I’ve heard, browsers are designed for allowing access to this history. There’s even a website that can show you a number of places you’ve visited just by displaying their page. It is either through the history or through deciphering the cookies.
4 posted on
05/25/2010 12:32:52 PM PDT by
ConservativeMind
(Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
To: Gomez
Seeing more browser hijack threats and more indications that Firefox is just as vulnerable as IE.
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
9 posted on
05/25/2010 12:56:44 PM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Gomez
Frack! I’m about ready to go back to Netscape 1.0, text-only ;-)
12 posted on
05/25/2010 1:12:11 PM PDT by
bigbob
To: Gomez
Odd error found; “ memory is mailable and moldable “; probably should be ‘malleable,’ but since this doesn’t affect the story and outcome, who cares.
14 posted on
05/25/2010 1:22:10 PM PDT by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
To: Gomez
I use FF with NoScript, and allow scripts only when I want them, on per site basis. Blocking Javascript also breaks most of ads, and Ghostery cleans up the web bugs.
All in all, Firefox today, with a good set of extensions, is the most privacy-protecting browser on the market. Extensions that you must have are: NoScript, Adblock Plus, Ghostery, OptimizeGoogle. Keep your IE or Chrome for script-heavy trusted sites, but do most of your casual browsing in FF. You'd be amazed to see how many spy and ad sites it blocks.
15 posted on
05/25/2010 1:25:54 PM PDT by
Greysard
To: Gomez
In my testing the attack worked in Firefox 3.6, 3.7a, Opera 10 and Safari 4. What about IE8? Surely that was able to fall to this attack.
22 posted on
05/25/2010 2:24:49 PM PDT by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: Gomez
I’ve never run with tabs for some reason they annoy me greatly?
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