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Covert 'Replay Sessions' Have Been Harvesting Passwords by Mistake

Published: March 5, 2018, 7:59 a.m.

Yes, websites track your behavior online. But some go much further than what you'd reasonably expect, using so-called session replays to create a detailed log of everything you do and type on a site. And new research shows that in some cases these movie-like recordings are even storing your passwords. Bulk data collection is always a privacy red flag.