Ask HN: Does this exploit still work on Chrome 6/7 and Firefox 3/4?
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Re: Ask HN: Does this exploit still work on Chrome 6/7 and Firefox 3/4?
#2Doesn't work in 7.0.522.0 (59180) Ubuntu 10.04
Re: Ask HN: Does this exploit still work on Chrome 6/7 and Firefox 3/4?
#3not working in chrome 7.0.517.0dev on ubuntu 10.04 amd64
Re: Ask HN: Does this exploit still work on Chrome 6/7 and Firefox 3/4?
#4Why is this a big security problem? This is a privacy problem, for sure, but how could you use it to breach security?
Re: Ask HN: Does this exploit still work on Chrome 6/7 and Firefox 3/4?
#5Why is this a big security problem? This is a privacy problem, for sure, but how could you use it to breach security?
It allows sophisticated checks of your web cache or history, both flavors are available. Thus it renders your privacy an abstract concept. Nowadays by using facebook, you are doing something very similar. From this point of view i can understand your concern. Security is another concept.