Re: NodeSelector, :visited, and :link

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