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Re: What every Browser knows about you
 

Now to add complexity to this question, could websites go beyond VMware and see any information beyond that?

I ask only because when you have bridged a network etc. on a VM, even smart viruses cant go beyond the VM and into the main computer. In other words, it not really a 'sandbox'.

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I've heard viruses can infect VMware and get on to the host. I'm using a Mac, running Windows 7, and I use the isolated selection on VMware. So I guess if a really good programmer wants to write a program that executes in Windows 7, then can also execute in a Mac, that would be some really hard work.

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That's improbable. Even if that's possible, it must be some multi-level exploit. I don't believe any non-shady website (e.g. amazon, ebay and such) would ever employ such techniques even if they were possible

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In "theory" VMs are "isolated" because they are being virtualized, but anything is possible in the world of computer if vulnerability is found. Programming is done by humans, humans have flaws. It's a matter of finding them.

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Never say nothing is possible. Anything is possible. Just because you don't know about it or might think another way doesn't make it untrue..

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i think all these are just client side scripts which the server aint aware of, you ONLY the client side see these informations not the websites you visit , the only thing which the website knows about you is your IP plus the user Agent data like these
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/16.0.912.36 Safari/535.7

if you only visit that site and switch to console view you will see its only java script code running ,and you will notice some errors due to deprecated functions.

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I never said it was impossible. I said even if such vulnerabilities existed, Amazon and similar websites exploiting them would be an unlikely (improbable) event.

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im no expert on vmware but i would say tha yes anything can be done.

your vmware im certain it could be infected if someone wanted to go that far. i dont know that the technology exists or not but i would err on the side of caution and say that yes it certainly is possible.

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so what add-ons are recommended for stealth ebay?

my fav is 'ask to activate' flash setting, UA control add-on, to amend user string - I do not use much else.....I check on panopticklick to check what is showing and nothing much is....well except for resolution....

when I use mobile wifi, whatsmyip can never pinpoint me...but on my home wifi - it hovers over my block.....

FMI - what is no-script going to block in reality? I'm talking about on a fresh windows user per acc, with not much running...

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If im not mistaken, no script blocks the scripts which could potentially find your mac address.

Personally I use VMware + noscript + prevent webrtc leak + 24vc (few accounts)...
Some may say I go too extreme... but then again I hardly ever lose my accounts.

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If the data can be displayed on screen it can be stored by the host and used against you. :coffee:

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So what does this mean for linking eBay and Paypal accounts?