Google Desktop Search Security Flaw?
This is a slight diversion from our topic, but a tidbit worth noting. On a slashdot posting today I learned that a Rice University prof and his two students have discovered a fairly nasty security hole in Google's desktop search tool. Evidently the news was first broken by the NY Times, in an article you can read for yourself:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/technology/20flaw.html
For unorganized person's like myself, Google desktop search is quite handy. However, despite all Google's brainpower, I'm wondering if security by obfuscation isn't still a consideration. Afterall, if I can't find something that matters on my own computer, it should be even more difficult for a hacker who gains entry, right?
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