[Sophos]Privacy concerns over popular ShowIP Firefox add-on

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Privacy concerns over popular ShowIP Firefox add-on

A popular Firefox add-on appears to have started leaking private information about every website that users visit, including sensitive data which could identify individuals or reduce their security to a third-party server.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&blog=15254721&post=163187&subd=sophosnews&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/S4JrMrUgs-w" height="1" width="1"/>
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