[48807] in Cypherpunks
Re: Fooling people with Java applets
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Peponis)
Wed Jan 31 11:33:45 1996
From: "Michael Peponis" <mianigand@unique.outlook.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 11:29:37 +0000
Reply-To: mianignad@outlook.net
Cc: br@scndprsn.Eng.Sun.COM
On Monday, 29 Jan 1996 Benjamin Renaud wrote
:All graphical UI elements spawed by an applet, which are the only ones
:that can get user events, are clearly marked as "untrusted applet
:window"s.
:So unless you type your password in a pop-up marked "untrusted applet
:window", you should be fine. And if you do, you arguably deserve
:whatever happens to you....
As sad as it sounds, I actually had this happen. Some shmuck put in sensitive
information into a window clearly maked "Untrusted Java Applet"
Unfortunatly, the smuck was a Sr. Vice President, so what can you do.
Regards,
Michael Peponis
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