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Whoa, Google, That’s A Pretty Big Security Hole

Posted on November 20, 2010 by pogowasright.org

Michael Arrington writes:

Facebook would probably just consider this a feature, but the rest of us will definitely consider this a big security hole. The creator of http://guntada.blogspot.com (don’t visit that site just yet) emailed us this morning to explain.

If you’re already logged in to any Google account (Gmail, etc.), and visit that site, he’s harvested your Google email. And proves it by emailing you immediately.

And it even works in “incognito” mode (also known as porn mode).

Read more on TechCrunch.

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