Hundreds of web firms record 'every keystroke'

Re:Hundreds of web firms record 'every keystroke' by aerique on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @12:42PM (#15808976)

I've been using NoScript since forever and one gets used to it.

Also, I've always wondered what the use is of tracking which words the mouse is hovering over. I mean who does that: hovering the mouse over words?

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Re:Hundreds of web firms record 'every keystroke' by dahart on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @01:50PM (#15809612)

> who does that: hovering the mouse over words?

Lots of people, you’d be surprised. ;) Sometimes I catch myself unconsciously highlighting what I’m reading.

But the mouse tracking is for detecting waffling potential button clicks and form fills too.

It’s a bad proxy for attention, but it is a proxy that kinda works.

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Re:Hundreds of web firms record 'every keystroke' by pmoriarty on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @01:59PM (#15809691)

Quite often I'll move the mouse pointer out of the way of what I'm reading. So my mouse pointer will be "hovering", but not over anything I'm interested in at all.

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