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		xcyu on Dec 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Browser Extension Password Managers Exposing Passw... Every example in this paper stems from the issue that these password managers do not respect same origin policy. Sounds like something that's easy to fix for the developers.

krallja on Dec 21, 2013 [–]

SOP does not apply to form fields, which is the exploit vector for the Y! mail attack.

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