Tag: AUTOFILL

We've covered security holes in Safari's AutoFill function before, but now there's a new one on the loose -- and Apple has thus far left it unpatched. AutoFill is the feature that quickly fills out forms for you using information you've previously entered. It can store everything from your name and address to your credit card and Social Security numbers. Now, one security expert has figured out ...

It's Chrome's second birthday today, and in addition to posting some fancy-schmancy images to celebrate Google Chrome's stable channel has been bumped to version 6. For those of you still keeping tabs on version changes, it's only been four months since Chrome 5 went stable. The update means that all Chrome users can now take advantage of extension and autofill sync -- both important parts of ...

Apple's Safari browser has a major security hole that malicious sites can use to steal your personal data, including your address and phone number. If you have any of the "AutoFill web forms" boxes checked, a site can snag information from your Address Book entry without your knowledge. To turn that feature off, open up preferences and click AutoFill. Most people don't put things like credit ...

As soon as Safari 5 was released and support for 3rd-party extensions was announced, users began wondering just how long it would take for many of their favorite Google Chrome and Firefox add-ons to be ported. If you've been waiting for the awesome secure password and form fill tool LastPass, good news -- the Safari 5 extension is ready to rock. Once you've installed the LastPass extension and ...

Just over a week ago, additional code landed in the Chromium source which paved the way for a more full-featured Chrome browser sync. In addition to bookmarks, options appeared for preferences, autofill, themes, and URLs typed into the Omnibar. This morning, the recent versions of Chromium have added an additional menu item to the Personal Stuff tab on the Options menu. Next to the Sync button ...

Google has released version 2.0 of Google Chrome, with a handful of new features and a improved support for JavaScript. In fact, Google says that Chrome 2.0 loads JavaScript-heavy web pages 30% faster than older versions of the browser. Google Chrome 2.0 also includes the ability to remove thumbnails from the new tab page, as well as a bunch of features which have long been common in other ...