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A recent study reveals a browser history detection method, largely dismissed as an issue with minimal impact, can in fact be used against a vast majority of Internet users with significant malicious potential. Researchers, Artur Janc and Lukasz Olejnik, analyzed real-world results obtained from 271,576 Internet users and have reported the results in a paper titled, “Feasibility and Real-World Implications of Web Browser History Detection”.
Some key highlight from the report include:
The results of this study will be presented at the upcoming Web 2.0 Security and Privacy 2010 workshop on May 20th.
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Real-world Web browser history detection results (About | Full Paper)
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