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Danger of loosing important private data
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O.P. Danger of loosing important private data
What I am talking about is the matter of sending sensible information through a messenger window by mistake...

It happened that I was logging into a site with my web browser and while I was typing my password, a messenger window popped up, getting the focus, so that I kept on writing.
Instead of writing the password in the secure password field of the site, I wrote and sent it to a msn contact...
It's a lack of privacy!
I had to immediately change my passwords :S


Also happened to me that while I was typing in a chat window, I started downloading a file with Internet Explorer (and I chose to OPEN the file instead of SAVING it).
When it finished downloading, the confirmation window popped up (the one asking if you trust the file and want really to open it)..the matter is I was typing in a chat window....and as I hit the Space Bar, the download window closed coz I chose to "Not Trust" the file :S
I wasted more than an hour to download again that file :S


Is there a way to prevent all this accidents?!

I really don't like the idea of a program getting the focus while I'm doing such stuff...and sometimes it's really dangerous too!

This post was edited on 01-10-2008 at 12:41 AM by airali.
01-09-2008 03:23 PM
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Danger of loosing important private data - by airali on 01-09-2008 at 03:23 PM
RE: Danger of loosing important private data - by Menthix on 01-09-2008 at 03:57 PM
RE: Danger of loosing important private data - by vaccination on 01-09-2008 at 04:18 PM
RE: Danger of loosing important private data - by freak544 on 01-09-2008 at 04:21 PM
RE: Danger of loosing important private data - by airali on 01-09-2008 at 05:23 PM


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