Hacker News with Generative AI: Browsing History

Privacy and the :visited selector (mozilla.org)
Before about 2010, the CSS :visited selector allowed websites to uncover a user's browsing history and figure out what sites the user had visited. This was done through window.getComputedStyle and other techniques. This process was quick to execute, and made it possible not only to determine where the user had been on the web, but could also be used to guess a lot of information about the user's identity.
Chrome has built-in AI history search (support.google.com)
You can use everyday language to find and receive generated answers about what you’re searching for in your Chrome browsing history. This works even if you don't know an exact keyword or website address.
CVE-2024-40798 – an app may be able to read Safari's browsing history (nist.gov)