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 Message 751 
 Erich Bublitz to August Abolins 
 *Safari bug exposes Apple users' browser 
 19 Jan 22 19:57:48 
 
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> Hi All...
> *Safari bug exposes Apple users' browser history and Google account details*
> A bug in Safari?s IndexedDB implementation on Mac and iOS means a website can
> see the names of databases for any domain, not just its own. (Independent)
> For instance, Google services store an IndexedDB instance for each of your
>logged in accounts, with the name of the database corresponding to your Google
> User ID.
> Using the exploit described in the blog post, a nefarious site could scrape
>your Google User ID and then use that ID to find out other personal informatio
> about you, as the ID is used to make API requests to Google services
> Ciao!
> /|ug (https://t.me/aabolins)

Wow! Incredible story there.

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