I'm not a security expert but I think this could also open the door to a MITM phishing attack. A user could click a link (sent from a server pretending to be productsearch.ubuntu.com) thinking they are buying from amazon.com but instead the login information is being read by a malicious third party before being somewhat transparently passed on to amazon for order completion.
** This bug has been flagged as a security vulnerability -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1054677 Title: Communicates with server in plaintext To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-lens-shopping/+bug/1054677/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
