On 21 October 2014 13:03, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2014-10-20 at 13:04 -0600, jd1008 wrote: >> On 10/20/2014 05:07 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> > On Sun, 2014-10-19 at 21:04 -0600, jd1008 wrote: >> >> is much worse than I thought :) >> >> >> >> See >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/22/canvas_fingerprinting_is_privacy_pirates_new_web_weapon/ >> >> >> >> I wonder if web browser developers will do something to counteract this >> >> attack on privacy. >> >> >> > Possibly an interesting topic for another forum, but what has this to do >> > with Fedora? >> > >> > poc >> > >> Fedora distributes Firefox, Seamonkey, Epiphany, among other web browsers. >> Should not Fedora users of these browsers be aware that said browsers are >> being used against them, compromising their privacy and even personal >> security? > > Of course they should. The question is whether it merits a discussion > here when the problem is not specific to Fedora, and the solution > doesn't depend on Fedora devels. If we're going to flag every possible > vulnerability on the general Users list, there's going to be little else > going on here. > It's more relevant than a lot of things that get discussed here. I'd bet most Fedora users are using a browser you can do this to. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
