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Websites Spying on You via SSD Activity Should Receive a FROST-y Welcome - PC Perspective

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  1. Researchers say FROST is a new browser side-channel attack that can infer what other tabs or sites are open by measuring SSD I/O contention.

  2. The attack uses JavaScript and can run without user interaction, raising privacy concerns for Apple device users.

  3. It may expose browsing activity through local storage access patterns, including OPFS-related behavior.

  4. Tools like OPFS Explorer can help inspect local OPFS files and understand the issue.

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