Anyone and everyone is going to be extra mindful of what information is shared digitally these days, and even most kids are aware of the fact that you can’t be entirely at ease about what you type into submission fields and then press ‘Enter’. You need to be mindful of what you share, but it turns out you need to be the same way before you even press the enter button at all. Many people may think they’ve smartly avoided any potential problems by backspacing over something they’ve typed and were about to submit, but it turns out the damage may already be done. We’ll get to what exactly is at issue here, but before we do we should make clear that ‘leaks’ don’t always end up being what they are on purpose. Many times there is information exposed not because someone is choosing to do so, but rather because the information is contained in location that doesn’t actually have the security protocols owners / users will think that it does. Truth of the matter it is nearly impossible to be airtight with this stuff 100% of the time. Here at 4GoodHosting we’re like any other good Canadian web hosting provider in that we like to share information with our customers anytime we find example of it that we know will have real significance with them. This is one of those scenarios, as nearly everyone is going to be choosing to voluntarily provide information about themselves when asked to do so online. Any way you can be more in the know about dos and don'ts when it comes to this is going to be helpful, so here we are for this week. Made Available A recent study that looked into the top 100k ranking websites is indicating that many are leaking information you enter in the site forms to third-party trackers, and that this may be happening ever before you press submit. The data that is being leaked may include personal identifiers, email addresses, usernames, passwords, along with messages that were entered into forms but deleted and never actually submitted. This type of data leak is sneaky because until now...
