Nvidia GPUs Can Leak Data From Google Chrome's Incognito Mode (softpedia.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Nvidia GPUs don't clear out memory that was previously allocated, and neither does Chrome before releasing memory back to the shared memory pool. When a user recently fired up Diablo 3 several hours after closing an Incognito Mode window that contained pornography, the game launched with snapshots of the last "private" browsing session appearing on the screen — revealing his prior activities. He says, "It's a fairly easy bug to fix. A patch to the GPU drivers could ensure that buffers are always erased before giving them to the application. It's what an operating system does with the CPU RAM, and it makes sense to use the same rules with a GPU. Additionally, Google Chrome could erase their GPU resources before quitting."

Comments

Porn AND Diablo?

[halivar]

Are you sure this isn't God judging your evil deeds?
/duck
/run

Re: Why does a web browser need GPU for basic

[tysonedwards]

You mean using a graphics processing unit to process graphics? What level of weapons grade bullshit is this?

Re:They should just rename it PornMode

[MachineShedFred]

it's unclear that anyone is going to understand why you were at LustyHotBabes.com for any non auto-erotic pursuits

I'm sure they read it for the articles. You know, unlike Slashdot where nobody reads the articles.