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We do fill up a lot of forms while surfing the internet; forms which ask us information for signing up for a service, forms for logging into a service, forms which help us restore and recover a forgotten password and many more. The point that i am alluding to here is the fact that each of these forms have a form action which is used when you press the button intended for submitting the information. With the increase of Phishing attacks, its very important that “you” as a user of the service know where you information is getting posted. If a website has been compromised or if the website is not what it claims to be ( often its very tough to make this out as most of the phishing websites look and feel exactly as the original website). In this article, i will introduce you to an exciting Firefox add on which lets you know the form action for a button when you hover your mouse on the button. 

FormFox is a Firefox add-on which gives you the URL address from the form action field. In short, FormFox gives you the complete URL address of the site where your information will be posted. Its a handy extension as it allows you to mouse over the Submit button to figure out exactly where your information is getting posted.

Its always important to know where you are sending your critical details, you might be surprised with the information you get.

You can download FormFox from here.

In short, FormFox is one of the must Security and Privacy related add-ons for Firefox.

 

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