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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Gmail Flaw Reported

  This has nothing to do with politics but plenty to do with your privacy if you have an Gmail account through Google.

  PrivacyDigest

Via Slashdot: Your Rights Online:

ihatespam writes "Have you ever wanted to know the name of admin@gmail.com? Now you can. Through a bug in Google calendars the names of all registered Gmail accounts are now readily available. All you need to find out the names of any gmail address is a Google calendar account yourself. Depending on your view this ranges from a harmless "feature" to a rather serious privacy violation. According to some reports, spammers are already exploiting this "feature"/bug to send personalized spam messages."

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