I just found out about a very disturbing issue.
If you use the auto form completion when visiting web pages, it is very possible for any site to get all of your auto form completion information: e.g., your complete name, full address, but also credit card information!!!
Even if the site is, say, a blog that is asking only for your name, could have invisible fields that accept any or all of the other form data, and you wouldn't know that you just gave that information away.
If you use the auto form completion when visiting web pages, it is very possible for any site to get all of your auto form completion information: e.g., your complete name, full address, but also credit card information!!!
Even if the site is, say, a blog that is asking only for your name, could have invisible fields that accept any or all of the other form data, and you wouldn't know that you just gave that information away.
Don't believe me. Although for security reasons you shouldn't do this, but the non-malicious hacker who discovered this has made the following website where you can test what information you browser is giving out.
Prior to filling out the form, though, I would go into my browser's setting and turn off the auto form completion option. You are giving him all your auto fill information. We can only assume he is not storing any of this information.
This form is very simple. It just asks for your name and email address. But after you hit submit you will be presented with all the information, for which your browser was queried.
The effected browsers are: Chrome, Safari and Opera. I would advise turning off the option in any browser you use.
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