Comments on: Firefox Flaw Makes Password Theft Possible http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/11/firefox_flaw_makes_password_theft_possible/ Nerds are for Dorks Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: cjcm http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/11/firefox_flaw_makes_password_theft_possible/comment-page-1/#comment-31637 cjcm Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:14:35 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3720#comment-31637 As long as you keep something somewhere, there is always a risk that it can stolen, be it information stored on your computer hardisk or money hidden under your pillow. So if you don't want to take that risk, don't keep (or save) anything. As long as you keep something somewhere, there is always a risk that it can stolen, be it information stored on your computer hardisk or money hidden under your pillow. So if you don’t want to take that risk, don’t keep (or save) anything.

]]> By: Tim http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/11/firefox_flaw_makes_password_theft_possible/comment-page-1/#comment-31636 Tim Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:55:38 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3720#comment-31636 "Still, I would think that it's ultimately up to the user whether his system is compromised or not, since the actual act of submitting form information would rely on user intervention." Not true. The form elements can be entirely hidden through CSS, and you can set a timeout which will call the form element's submit() method after a small time (to allow the browser to fill it in). No user interaction required. “Still, I would think that it’s ultimately up to the user whether his system is compromised or not, since the actual act of submitting form information would rely on user intervention.”

Not true. The form elements can be entirely hidden through CSS, and you can set a timeout which will call the form element’s submit() method after a small time (to allow the browser to fill it in). No user interaction required.

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