- From: Gavin Sharp <gavin.sharp@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:23:32 -0400
Boris Zbarsky wrote: > Ian Hickson wrote: >> On Sun, 2 Sep 2007, Gavin Sharp wrote: >>> It appears this behavior was explicitly chosen in Mozilla, in bug >>> 190561 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190561). I >>> think the arguments given in that bug might merit reconsideration; >>> detection of image existence is currently possible by other means > > How, exactly? I don't actually recall what I was referring to in that message, but observing the images affect on layout seems to work pretty well: https://people.mozilla.com/~gavin/detect-image.html There are also timing attacks, I suppose, but those aren't quite as reliable... Gavin
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