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Security implications for user interface changes?

Security implications for user interface changes?

Posted Dec 9, 2012 23:22 UTC (Sun) by Baylink (subscriber, #755)
In reply to: Security implications for user interface changes? by ghane
Parent article: Security implications for user interface changes?

Oh, sure; having Google know every website I manually navigate to is *right up at the top* of my list of RFEs.

A long time ago, I used to set Google up as people's browser home page... until I discovered none of them understood their browser well enough to type URLs into the location box. Hey; the cursor's in a box and if I type a URL there, I get where I'm going... why does it matter?

<facepalm />


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Security implications for user interface changes?

Posted Dec 11, 2012 16:30 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

Being able to use internet technology without understanding how it actually works? That's awesome! It's a bright future for everybody.

Why the facepalm? I'm sure the information they leak to Google is nothing compared to what they're leaking to Facebook.

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