Android Browser flaw a “privacy disaster”

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.

I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you.



One thought on “Android Browser flaw a “privacy disaster””

  1. Where is the grand discussion about how this will DOOM Apple, um I mean Google or Samsung or HTC or . . .

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