Supafly
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Elk Grove, CA | Being discussed here...
»GMail 'CheckAvailability' Script May Disclose User |
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Lurch77
Stop looking at me.
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+44.88-87.89 | That looks a lot like the link in the article.  |
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Dennis
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Algonquin, IL | HOLY CRAP were all gonna die!
I think the seriousness of this is being blown a little out of proportion. |
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jap
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038xx | Beta. It's still in Beta, no??
Not newsworthy if Gmail is still in beta. Finding things like this is what beta is for. |
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Jeremy341
Bye
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localhost | reply to Dennis
Re: HOLY CRAP were all gonna die!
Yeah and if this were Hotmail, people would be screaming about how Microsoft is the worst company in the world, and that their security is useless. I love double standards. |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | Ding. I do believe you win the washer-dryer combo. |
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antiphishing
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1 edit | Microsoft Expoits, GMail Exploit who's next ?
This doesn't surprise me since a growing number of internet user already mistrust using email as it is.
This just gives more proof that email is becoming even more unsafe to use.
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stateq2
J Dilla
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Jackson, MS
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Re: Beta. It's still in Beta, no??
said by jap  :
Not newsworthy if Gmail is still in beta. Finding things like this is what beta is for.
gmail sux.  |
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Flizesh
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join:2003-08-16
Staten Island, NY
clubs: | reply to antiphishing
Re: Microsoft Expoits, GMail Exploit who's next
Email is unsafe because there are exploits? Riiight.
So using windows or any other software is unsafe too. Doesn't mean anything. |
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bmn
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join:2001-03-15
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Re: HOLY CRAP were all gonna die!
said by Jeremy341 :
Yeah and if this were Hotmail, people would be screaming about how Microsoft is the worst company in the world, and that their security is useless. I love double standards.
Sure they would... Perhaps the reason this hasn't been made a big deal is because the system is still in the BETA phase ? 
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Jeremy341
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localhost | I'd argue that even if this weren't a beta, it's still not that big of a deal. It's something that should be fixed, of course, but still it's not that bad. |
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antiphishing
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Wilkes Barre, PA | reply to Flizesh
Re: Microsoft Expoits, GMail Exploit who's next
Who knows maybe Google is running a Windows platform on their mailservers.
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Jeremy341
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localhost
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Re: Microsoft Expoits, GMail Exploit who's next ?
said by antiphishing :
This just gives more proof that email is becoming even more unsafe to use.
This problem isn't a flaw in e-mail, it's a small flaw in one provider's BETA account creation system. |
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Jeremy341
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localhost
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Re: Microsoft Expoits, GMail Exploit who's next
said by antiphishing :
Who knows maybe Google is running a Windows platform on their mailservers.
I know, and they're not. And this problem could appear no matter what platform the systems were running on. It's the fault of the programmer, not the platform. |
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mdshort
join:2004-05-07
Marion, AR
1 edit | reply to jap
Re: Beta. It's still in Beta, no??
Right on jap, besides its not their job to give us free e-mail accounts.
"You can't truly taste an uncooked meal." Just a thought.
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dib22
join:2002-01-27
Kansas City, MO | reply to antiphishing
Re: Microsoft Expoits, GMail Exploit who's next
hah... like that would happen
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ObdH
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Re: Microsoft Expoits, GMail Exploit who's next ?
said by Jeremy341 :
said by antiphishing :
This just gives more proof that email is becoming even more unsafe to use.
This problem isn't a flaw in e-mail, it's a small flaw in one provider's BETA account creation system.
Should be in ALPHA stage with a problem like this.... |
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Jeremy341
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localhost | Not at all. This is definitely a typical beta-level problem. |
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antiphishing
Phishing Scam Terminator
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Wilkes Barre, PA
1 edit | reply to Jeremy341
I understand that but when naive internet user read things like exploits they become even more paranoid and start mistrusting things.
A lot of people on the internet don't understand technical stuff like exploits,virus's, and spyware and that leads to insecurity. This leads people to mistrust email as a whole.
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bmn
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Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus
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Re: HOLY CRAP were all gonna die!
Its only bad in that people who shouldn't be able to get information are able to get it.
No, its not the end of the world, but its still a problem and needs to be taken care of at once.
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