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Youporn, Others Spying On You A site for sharing pornographic content is the target of a lawsuit accusing it of improperly checking what other Web sites visitors had used. Plaintiffs David Pitner and Jared Reagan, both of Newport Beach, Calif., accuse YouPorn operator Midstream Media of the Netherlands of violating the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and California's computer crime law; of engaging in deceptive and unfair business practices; and of unlawful and unfair competition. The suit, filed Friday in US District Court for the central district of California, accuses YouPorn of, among other things, "intentionally accessing plaintiffs'...computers without authorization." The plaintiffs are seeking class-action status, an injunction to stop the history sniffing practice, and payment for damages. YouPorn didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The nub of the issue, as mentioned above, is a practice called history sniffing. Browsers generally keep track of what Web sites a person has visited, showing the links in different colors depending on whether they've visited or not. Browser sniffing essentially asks the browser what color should be used for various links; the answer can reveal the browsing history. According to the lawsuit and to some poring through YouPorn's now-withdrawn JavaScript code by Kashmir Hill at Forbes, YouPorn had obfuscated the sites it was checking for by shifting letters one place forward in the alphabet. "Thus, 'qpsoivc/dpn,' for example, becomes 'pornhub.com.' It ... From: TheYoungTurks Views: 338542 683 ratings Time: 02:38 More in News & Politics

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