Another reason not to use Internet Explorer
12-13-2012, 08:20 PM (This post was last modified: 01-28-2018, 02:31 PM by Bob Schroeck.)
12-13-2012, 08:20 PM (This post was last modified: 01-28-2018, 02:31 PM by Bob Schroeck.)
Like you needed one.
It tracks your cursor anywhere on your screen, even when it's minimized along with the shift, control and alt key statuses. It also exposes all this data for anything on the page to see and use with the right code -- which is apparently only 21 lines long. Live demo here. (Obviously it only works on IE.) According to the security analyst who discovered this, at least two ad firms are actively using this misfeature to track web users' every movement.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
It tracks your cursor anywhere on your screen, even when it's minimized along with the shift, control and alt key statuses. It also exposes all this data for anything on the page to see and use with the right code -- which is apparently only 21 lines long. Live demo here. (Obviously it only works on IE.) According to the security analyst who discovered this, at least two ad firms are actively using this misfeature to track web users' every movement.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.