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from www.toptechreviews.net - As San Francisco based survey report revealed a web browser flaw that lets certain websites store all your browsing history. They’re calling it “The History Sniffing” phenomenon. Those websites know what kind of pages you’ve been visiting, your online surf activities, all those bank websites, online password related and all that stuff.
This information is kinda valuable to con artists and identity thieves who’re always snooping around for something like this. Plus, if the site knows that you’ve come from a competitor that is offering lower prices, it will make things a little hard for online businesses that are in direct conflict against each other.
This phenomenal sniffing stuff was first developed by the valiant students of the University of California – San Diego. It is a result of your browser’s nature and level of interaction with website. The person who intends to spy on you, he’ll create a webpage with a slight alteration to the coding section. He won’t be sending you any keyloggers or anything. Everything will happen online.
By the way, security experts have already known this “spying” thing for decades now. it is very much possible and current versions of the latest browsers still allow it all to happen. This technology can also reap healthy prospects. For instance, if you run a marketing business, the available information can help you to build your client’s repo, on the basis of what his or her competitor is offering. The site administrators will have an easy time, while trying to learn about the nature of their users’ online activities.
