Detecting private user data from browsing history->
Submitted
by
Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "I remember reading about the possibility of
sniffing Web browsing history
some time ago, but I recently came across a
website which thoroughly scared me by detecting many sites I visit, even though I had Firefox's NoScript extension enabled. The website uses
the old
CSS :visited trick
to detect Web pages in the browser's history and
analyzes the information 'the way the bad guys would do it — by gathering links to
answer specific questions about you and grouping them, to give you a taste of what any
website can easily learn about you.' The site has different kinds of tests, including detecting
bank and
government websites,
Wikileaks articles,
news stories
and even
adult websites. They even try to detect the visitor's username on social news sites
(including Slashdot), as well as zipcodes and search queries typed into forms. The site also gives a lot of
technical background,
including performance results, and lists
possible solutions to the problem."
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