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Apparently the Internet knows nothing about me. That is ... rather surprising.
by gloob 17y ago
Apparently the Internet knows nothing about me. That is ... rather surprising.
- barrkel 17y agoMe too. This "attack" is very old and well-known on the browser side. It doesn't work particularly well on me because I keep no history.
- aarongough 17y agoI had never heard of it before. I wouldn't consider myself anywhere near an expert on client-side exploits but still... I keep up with most tech-related news as well as I can and I had never heard of it until now... I'd be interested to see how many people actually have heard about it before.
- blhack 17y agoThis isn't an exploit, it is a feature of almost every modern browser.
- redcap 17y agoI wasn't aware that sharing your browser history with every website that cares to check it was a 'feature'.
- blhack 17y agoI think that was the point... Most people aren't aware of this. Hopefully it was a success for you!
- praptak 17y agoApplying different style to visited links is a feature. The trick to pull the info back to server is an exploit.
- pyre 17y agoCare to point to a wikipedia entry or something on this 'attack'? I can't even access the site.
- ubernostrum 17y agoI assume that it's simply setting styles on links using the ":visited" pseudo-selector, and then either: 1. Using JavaScript to get the rendered style, and thus work out whether you've visited a particular URL, or 2. Setting background images on links which only apply when visited, and checking whether your browser retrieved those images. It's a rather old and well-known trick.
- pyre 17y agoOk. Since I couldn't access the site, I didn't even know what it was supposed to be doing... other than 'an old and well-known trick' and something to do with browser history.