Microsoft Demonstrates Why Proprietary Software Cannot be Trusted
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This Windows file may be secretly hoarding your passwords and emails
If you're one of the people who own a stylus or touchscreen-capable Windows PC, then there's a high chance there's a file on your computer that has slowly collected sensitive data for the past months or even years.
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The handwriting feature is there since Windows 8 which means the vulnerability has been there for many years. However, if you don’t store valuable information like passwords or email on your PC, you aren’t much likely to get affected much.
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This Windows File Might Be Secretly Collecting Sensitive Data Since Windows 8
There is a Windows file named WaitList.dat that covertly collects your passwords and email information, with the help of Windows Search Indexer service.
Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) expert Barnaby Skeggs first discovered the information about the file back in 2016 but wasn’t paid much attention. However, in after a new and exclusive interview with ZDNet – it appears that the file, in fact, is reasonably dangerous.
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