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Tabnapping Scams Around the Corner?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-that's-not-very-nice dept.

scamdetect pointed us to an interesting bit of news about a new security risk called tabnapping that was recently outlined by Aza Raskin. The short story is that background tabs are updated with login forms impersonating the sites they originally contained, but hosted by helpful third parties primarily interested in your password. (CT:Original writeup removed at request of submitter)

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  1. Re:A little peeved! by scamdetect · · Score: 1, Troll

    OK - let's get this straight. Submitting to Slashdot is supposed to be a selfless act and "shame on me" for being disappointed that the link was replaced because, heaven forbid, I may have made a few quid from the advertising (which by the way barely covers hosting costs) Yet Slashdot makes money from advertising on the site and from the community. That's perfectly acceptable (and yes, in my eyes it is perfectly acceptable) Why shame on me?