Android Browser flaw a “privacy disaster” for half of Android users

Posted by BernardSwiss on Sep 17, 2014 9:57 AM EDT
Ars Technica; By Peter Bright
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A bug quietly reported on September 1 appears to have grave implications for Android users. Android Browser, the open source, WebKit-based browser that used to be part of the Android Open Source Platform (AOSP), has a flaw that enables malicious sites to inject JavaScript into other sites. Those malicious JavaScripts can in turn read cookies and password fields, submit forms, grab keyboard input, or do practically anything else.

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