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target="_blank" is a security risk?
Jan. 1, 2022, 5:58 p.m. | Hassan Tahir
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As we all use target="_blank" to open the link into new tab of a window but everyone should know a risk inside it.
When we open a new tab link window.opener get triggered which made a limited access to the specific tab opened, for example; you can not go back in the previous page by clicking back button from your URL bar.
So what is the risk here?
when the new tab link open it can alter the Link …
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