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Stealing your history...


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...without scripts!

What is this?

This is a method of sniffing your browsing history without using Javascript. If you haven't cleaned your browsing history recently, just click "Start Scan" and the system will get to work.

If this doesn't shock you, it should: websites are not supposed to see this information. It has potential for anyone, in particular advertisers, to view your history and profile you. Not even NoScript can block this. [more]

http://www.making-the-web.com/misc/sites-you-visit

I ran the test and it found 1 entry.... (Obviously having scripts enabled is not good FOR MANY REASONS which is why i usually surf w/o them)

I ran the test again WITH SCRIPTS DISABLED and it found 0!!!! (Right now i have 12 history items)

http://www.making-the-web.com/misc/sites-you-visit/nojs/

It ends up timing out on the frame and says

"Service Temporarily Unavailable

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. "

Im on Win98se using IE6 (WIth MyIE2 in front)

EDIT:

Right now im on XP using Firefox 1.5 and 0 ENTRIES WERE FOUND (Both with and without scripts)

Edited by Dude112
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im pretty sure this works the same as

http://caughthemwatching.com/

which is genius BTW.

the part i cant figure out is why are you acting surprised that your security can be compromised when your 2 test configs are 98+IE6 and XP+FF1.5? there are literally hundreds of published vulnerabilities for either config. just sayin.

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No im happy that FF1.5 is not affected by this and MyIE2 isnt either..... (With scripts disabled)

When scripts are disabled IT TRIES TO GET THE DATA FROM THE BROWSER DIRECTLY,when scripts are enabled it gets the data from the main browser (If using a 3rd party browser (Which is why MyIE2 fails with scripts enabled (IE6 gives the data away)))

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