Using the XMLHttpRequest Object and AJAX to Spy On You

Using the XMLHttpRequest Object and AJAX to Spy On You: "Using the XMLHttpRequest Object and AJAX to Spy On You
While the XMLHttpRequest object and AJAX can provide huge user and developer benefits, there are some issues you probably haven't thought about yet—but it's time everyone did.

by Earle Castledine August 9, 2005

Every nerd loves the XMLHttpRequest. It supplies the functionality of which Web programmers' dreams are made. Web applications start behaving like desktop applications. Things work as they're 'supposed to,' freeing the Mum-and-Dad end users from needing to know anything about servers, clients, post-backs and submit buttons—'Submit? Submit to what!'
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