[windows2000] Re: OT: Google Desktop Security Breach
- From: Mark Cook <mc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 10:04:59 -0000
Bahh, more spyware ;-)
Sound's dodgy to me, esp if they are trapping stuff before it's written to
disk. They might tart scanning net traffic next - who knows ?
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net [mailto:jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 04 November 2004 16:00
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] OT: Google Desktop Security Breach
Google desktop search beta is indexing AND displaying results from password
protected encrypted files without the need for a password:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1708644,00.asp
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1708644,00.asp>
Some comments on this...this means that if someone had access to your
computer they could theoretically just install the google desktop and access
your encrypted files...further I wonder if Network shares can get indexed
and if so this would open a whole new can of worms.
Jim
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