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Abusing HTTP Status Codes To Expose Private Info

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-see-what-you-did-there dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Here's a neat technique for testing if people are logged into other websites. Examples for Facebook, Twitter, GMail and Digg are provided." Like we needed more reasons to use the Chrome incognito function.

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  1. Re:The idea behind it... by toetagger · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't know... What if I would do this in my slashdot signature, trying to load a picture only available for people on the RIAA Intranet. Then I could show a different signature to the RIAA than to everyone else. Copy/Paste for FBI, your HR/employer, or even your spouse.