- From: Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:44:56 -0700
- To: Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>
- Cc: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>, Alan Gresley <alan@css-class.com>, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>, Patrick Garies <pgaries@fastmail.us>, www-style <www-style@w3.org>
On Aug 25, 2010, at 10:42 PM, Garrett Smith wrote: > On 8/25/10, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> On Aug 25, 2010, at 9:25 PM, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> This is a security issue. Servers can track a computer's personal >>>> browsing history by using attribute selectors together with :visited >>>> or server side scripts (for which I have little knowledge) and :visited. >>>> >>>> >>> And? >> >> And then construct a very convincing phishing attack because they know what >> bank you use and what products you showed interest in there. > It seems that you're imparting commentary on the parts of the spec > that I cited earlier. Did you read that message? You also seem to be > missing the point of my post, though it's not so easy to determine if > that is the case because you've not really stated a position. A la > Alan's post. I was confused by the point of your post too. You said it was a security issue, but not why this is relevant to the current discussion. Simon
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