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Upcoming Chrome 136 to Fix 23-Year-Old Side-Channel Vulnerability

Upcoming Chrome 136 to Fix 23-Year-Old Side-Channel Vulnerability

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The next version of Chrome 136 will address a 23-year-old side-channel vulnerability that allows tracking of users' browsing history. This old attack exploits the reading of link colors on web pages to determine if a person has visited a particular site. This security flaw enables the discovery of previously visited sites by a user by analyzing the colors of hypertext links.