Microsoft says it is investigating a possible bug in Internet Explorer that allows others to follow the position of your mouse cursor on screen, even if IE is minimized. Researchers at Spider.io, an advertising analytics firm, discovered the function and reported it to Microsoft in early October. Microsoft acknowledged the issue, but did not address it in the latest patch update for the browser. So far, Microsoft claims its evidence indicates that sites can view only the mouse state, but not the actual content that the user is interacting with.”]

