Tech News World: Risky Scripts Pose Threat to Web Surfers, Researchers Say

Blog

Thought Leadership

Tech News World: Risky Scripts Pose Threat to Web Surfers, Researchers Say

Teresa Zwierzchowski

A new study from researchers at Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy has found that observing keystrokes, mouse movements and scrolling behavior of visitors on Web pages could be loaded with risk.

Many service providers offer this technique which uses scripts to capture the visitor's Web page activity, store on provider's servers and play it back for a website's operators. This is done in hopes of gaining more insight o how users are interacting with their websites.

But, there could be a lot of risks associated with it.

READ MORE ON RISKY SCRIPTS

Check out the full article on Tech News World: CLICK HERE

GET CONNECTED

Are you following AppRiver’s social media? Like us today on FACEBOOKTWITTER, YOUTUBE and LINKEDIN.

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

https://blog.appriver.com/2017/11/holiday-shopping-online-tips/#more-3880