☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Security@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 hours agoWebsites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activityarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkWebsites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activityarstechnica.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Security@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agowhy do webpages have access to my fucking ssd in the first place
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agooh not directly, but the code on the page can do a timing attack to see how long it takes to read and write a large file which can be used to fingerprint your ssd
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoyeah that’s what i mean. this shit has to be abstracted away, seriously. complex javascript on webpages is full of holes.
why do webpages have access to my fucking ssd in the first place
oh not directly, but the code on the page can do a timing attack to see how long it takes to read and write a large file which can be used to fingerprint your ssd
yeah that’s what i mean. this shit has to be abstracted away, seriously.
complex javascript on webpages is full of holes.