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Third Party Javascripts

By Miles Baska on Wed, 11/21/07 - 12:25pm.
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WellsFargo.com has begun using javascript hosted by akamai.net on their sensitive pages. Since the javascripts will then have access to any of the form data used on that page, I wonder just how good an idea this is. Wells Fargo has out-sourced their security to akamai; trust by proxy.

On Nov. 17 Wells Fargo was informed of this -- their reply:   the padlock icon on the browser means everything is just fine.

View the discussion on SecurityFocus.

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