[SGVLUG] interesting news items

[Erik Espinoza]

Actually the gist of the bug is that the reporter had made a mistake.
They both used the same account for a long time, they recently changed
to separate accounts. The fiance hadn't deleted his Firefox profile
that existed in her account.

On 3/23/06, Emerson, Tom <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On Behalf Of Sean O'Donnell
> >
> > LOL... That firefox bug description is hilarious...
> >
> > "This privacy flaw has caused my fiancé and I to break-up
> > after having dated for 5 years."
> >
> > Classic!
>
> It gets even better -- note the e-mail address of the reporter: somethingdumber at hotmail.  The discussion that ensues is good for a couple of chuckles as well...
>
> The gist of it is that, under certain circumstances, the names of websites you've visited could be revealed to other users of the same [windows] computer [though in different accounts]  it's kind of a back-door reveal in that the names of the sites are found under the "don't save passwords for these sites" list, not any specific "history" file or folder.
>