[Sophos]Anatomy of a bug: latest Firefox 'new tab' feature thumbnails HTTPS pages

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Anatomy of a bug: latest Firefox 'new tab' feature thumbnails HTTPS pages

The latest release of Firefox has been called "unlucky version 13" because it creates web page thumbnails even of secure content, sparking privacy fears.

But is this really a bug? And if so, do any of the "fixes" circulating online actually work? Paul Ducklin finds out.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&blog=15254721&post=174177&subd=sophosnews&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/v1rkaEoL-dU" height="1" width="1"/>
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