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Hackers Exploit JavaScript CSS Tricks to Steal Browsing History
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Hackers Exploit JavaScript CSS Tricks to Steal Browsing History

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Andy Stern
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The web browsing history feature, designed to enhance user convenience by styling visited links differently, has inadvertently created a privacy vulnerability. Hackers have exploited this feature, using JavaScript and CSS techniques to deduce users’ online habits, revealing a concerning loophole in digital privacy. Browsers use the:visitedCSS pseudo-class to style visited links differently from unvisited ones, […] The post Hackers Exploit JavaScript & CSS Tricks to Steal Browsing History appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform.

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