Internet Explorer IE 6 Security Privacy Flaw

For privacy and security Internet Explorer (IE) wouldn’t be my recommended browser ever – but today I had to test a website connection which I was having trouble with through my tunneled Firefox.

To do this I had a look at this site and some of their tools: CentralOps.net

I found using the Domain Dossier with service scan and trace route clicked helped me no end.

While I was there, and using IE6, I had a quick look at their Browser Mirror, and noticed this under clipboard

As can be easily seen, I had the words “Browser Mirror” in my clipboard and this script could read it – not so secure.

To fix this I change the security preferences from “default level” to Custom Level and disabled all automatic scripting functions, like so:

From (insecure):

To (more? secure):

For security and privacy reasons it is best simply not to use this junk – use Firefox (I tested Firefox and nothing was taken from my clipboard).