Comments on: SocialHistory JavaScript Determines What Sites You’ve Visited http://cybernetnews.com/socialhistory-javascript-determines-what-sites-youve-visited/ Technology News Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:46:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Changehttp://cybernetnews.com/socialhistory-javascript-determines-what-sites-youve-visited/#comment-141416 Change Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:39:16 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14196#comment-141416 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-141410" rel="nofollow">Ryan wrote:</a><blockquote>If they develop a long enough list of sites they could get a good feel for what you visit. I guess it’s not really any worse than Google tracking what search results you click though.</blockquote></div> Yes, but they would have to keep you entertained long enough on one page to be able to load this list in the background and do something with it. Ryan wrote:
If they develop a long enough list of sites they could get a good feel for what you visit. I guess it’s not really any worse than Google tracking what search results you click though.

Yes, but they would have to keep you entertained long enough on one page to be able to load this list in the background and do something with it.

]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/socialhistory-javascript-determines-what-sites-youve-visited/#comment-141410 Ryan Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:26:37 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14196#comment-141410 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-141388" rel="nofollow">David wrote:</a><blockquote>I really don’t appreciate this type of information being collected without my knowledge. However, it does not seem to matter if you do not save any browsing history. When I went to the link to see it in action, It did not show any websites. That is because I do not allow Firefox to store any website history.</blockquote></div> Very true. If you don't save your browsing history it won't have anything to work off of.<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-141394" rel="nofollow">Change wrote:</a><blockquote>That’s quite an innovative trick! Will be tough to “fix” I imagine. It’s hard to use this maliciously though, so the effects of this technique are not *that* bad for privacy, luckily :)</blockquote></div> It's not something that can really be exploited, but I still think it could be a privacy concern. If they develop a long enough list of sites they could get a good feel for what you visit. I guess it's not really any worse than Google tracking what search results you click though. David wrote:
I really don’t appreciate this type of information being collected without my knowledge. However, it does not seem to matter if you do not save any browsing history. When I went to the link to see it in action, It did not show any websites. That is because I do not allow Firefox to store any website history.

Very true. If you don’t save your browsing history it won’t have anything to work off of.

Change wrote:
That’s quite an innovative trick! Will be tough to “fix” I imagine. It’s hard to use this maliciously though, so the effects of this technique are not *that* bad for privacy, luckily :)

It’s not something that can really be exploited, but I still think it could be a privacy concern. If they develop a long enough list of sites they could get a good feel for what you visit. I guess it’s not really any worse than Google tracking what search results you click though.

]]> By: Changehttp://cybernetnews.com/socialhistory-javascript-determines-what-sites-youve-visited/#comment-141394 Change Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:06:41 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14196#comment-141394 That's quite an innovative trick! Will be tough to "fix" I imagine. It's hard to use this maliciously though, so the effects of this technique are not *that* bad for privacy, luckily :) That’s quite an innovative trick! Will be tough to “fix” I imagine. It’s hard to use this maliciously though, so the effects of this technique are not *that* bad for privacy, luckily :)

]]> By: Davidhttp://cybernetnews.com/socialhistory-javascript-determines-what-sites-youve-visited/#comment-141388 David Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:04:45 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14196#comment-141388 I really don't appreciate this type of information being collected without my knowledge. However, it does not seem to matter if you do not save any browsing history. When I went to the link to see it in action, It did not show any websites. That is because I do not allow Firefox to store any website history. I really don’t appreciate this type of information being collected without my knowledge. However, it does not seem to matter if you do not save any browsing history. When I went to the link to see it in action, It did not show any websites. That is because I do not allow Firefox to store any website history.

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