Chris Hanrath » Security http://blog.chrishanrath.com Human-Computer Interaction and Information Visualization Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:13:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Google Gears Security Issue http://blog.chrishanrath.com/2009/02/google-gears-security-issue/ http://blog.chrishanrath.com/2009/02/google-gears-security-issue/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:18:44 +0000 Chris http://blog.chrishanrath.com/2009/02/google-gears-security-issue/ I was browsing the new WordPress Dashboard today and stumpled upon the “Turbo” Section. It offers to speed up WordPress using Google Gears with a little note stating: “Don’t install on a public or shared computer.”

Google Gears and WordPress

This made me wonder… what if somebody installed Gears on a public computer that is not protected against such browser plugins or i use someone else’s computer. Will it store confidential or private data about me? Will the Firefox “Clear Private Data” option delete traces of me from this system? Just a thought.

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