• BleepingComputer: Internet Explorer bug lets a web site see what you type in the address box

    Posted on September 27, 2017 at 11:24 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    So you’re sitting on web site somesnoopingsite.com

    And you type something in the address bar. Say, “morbidity analysis of deprecated hamburgers.” You hit enter or click the “search” button.

    The site you’re sitting on, somesnoopingsite.com, can see that you typed “morbidity analysis of deprecated hamburgers.” And it can collect that information before you’re transported to your search results.

    It ain’t supposed to work that way.

    More gifts that keep on giving, from Internet Explorer.

    Great article from Catalin Cimpanu on BleepingComputer.

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