CSS Sniffing

In: Geek Finds

18 Feb 2008

This mind-blowing CSS sniffing technique takes advantage of the changes in color for visited links. Display a set of links on the page, use Javascript to check if the color has changed – And voila! Browsing history captured.

Benevolent genius uses:
Personalize the your browsing experience by displaying only RSS aggregators / social bookmarking tools that you use

Evil overlord uses:
User profiling
Ad placement based on brand websites you’ve visited
Product recommendations

It’s so brilliantly cool, yet scarily powerful.

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