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Apr
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accepted What prevents people getting charged over NFC in crowded places?
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revised Are secret URLs secure over HTTPS?
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comment Are secret URLs secure over HTTPS?
Do any known browsers send HTTPS URLs to third parties, ever? For example, Firefox crash reporter, or Chrome search-as-you-type, or IE's malware protection service?
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comment Are secret URLs secure over HTTPS?
@Timwi nor is there anything in the HTTPS protocol preventing Chrome hosting a remote desktop server and uploading all your passwords to a third party; that's not the point :)
Apr
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comment Are secret URLs secure over HTTPS?
Related: Can URLs be sniffed when using SSL - but different; that question is about the data contained in the request, not whether the browser leaks it through other channels.
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asked Are secret URLs secure over HTTPS?
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awarded  Yearling
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comment What are the security implications of people downloading addons, wrongly thinking that they are safe?
@Piskvor Yeah, those UAE prompts totally train users to ignore them. Where's the "I trust this particular program; don't warn me again unless it changes" button?...
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comment Is this phishing or the real PayPal?
I've also seen paypal.com redirect me to paypal-business.co.uk, which gave me quite a shock a few times. It's like they're trying to look like a fake...
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asked Is this phishing or the real PayPal?
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awarded  Nice Question
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comment Establish a secure channel with mutual authentication given pre-shared public keys
I was hoping that since Diffie-Hellman with pre-shared public keys is mentioned in at least one source, it's at least somewhat analyzed by experts, or maybe even implemented...
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asked Establish a secure channel with mutual authentication given pre-shared public keys
Jun
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comment What prevents people getting charged over NFC in crowded places?
@SomethingSmithe It wouldn't be unlike banks to do this just for the show, whereby there's no real cryptography going on. (where the bank could verify that the user actually provided the pin to the reader).
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asked What prevents people getting charged over NFC in crowded places?
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comment Are there any nice info sites dedicated to explaining how and why to (not) store user passwords in the database?
I especially like the first one.
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asked Are there any nice info sites dedicated to explaining how and why to (not) store user passwords in the database?