From jfricker@vertexgroup.com Wed Dec 17 23:17:14 2003 From: jfricker@vertexgroup.com To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: Re: Stealth cookies Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:17:14 +0000 Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960806171618.00a52aec@vertexgroup.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4587553688734279353==" --===============4587553688734279353== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At 12:10 AM 8/6/96 -0700, you wrote: >John F. Fricker wrote: >> Solution? >> >> 1) Don't put your name in the netscape configuration (d'oh) > > No, no, no. Netscape navigator does not reveal your name or >put it into cookies. The only way to get your name or other >personal information about you into a cookie is for you to type >it into a web site, and have that site send you back a cookie. > > The only time we reveal your name is in e-mail headers, and >when doing anonymous FTP when you have manually disabled the default >of sending 'mozilla@' as the anon ftp password. > > --Jeff > Oh I was just being paranoid I guess. There used to be JavaScript that would automatically send email from a page. something like But even if that still works it would be a good trick to associate it with a cookie. --===============4587553688734279353==-- From jsw@netscape.com Wed Dec 17 23:17:14 2003 From: Jeff Weinstein To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: Re: Stealth cookies Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:17:14 +0000 Message-ID: <3207E80C.79D1@netscape.com> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960806171618.00a52aec@vertexgroup.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4287692415703512418==" --===============4287692415703512418== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John F. Fricker wrote: > Oh I was just being paranoid I guess. There used to be JavaScript that would > automatically send email from a page. something like > > > > > > > > But even if that still works it would be a good trick to associate it with a > cookie. This was a bug that existed for a short time, and was fixed about 6 months ago. Javascript can not submit mailto: forms at all, and all mailto: forms now cause a warning dialog to come up(the dialog can be turned off in preferences). --Jeff -- Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist Netscape Communication Corporation jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw Any opinions expressed above are mine. --===============4287692415703512418==--