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Flaw in Google's New Desktop Tool [Update: Fixed!]

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-that's-just-not-good dept.

silassewell writes "A Rice University computer scientist and two of his students have discovered a potentially serious security flaw [Sell your soul to the NYTimes to Read] in the desktop search tool for personal computers that was recently distributed by Google." Update: 12/21 03:15 GMT by T : An anonymous reader writes "It's being reported that the security problem in Google's Desktop Search has been plugged."

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  1. Blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm not doing no stinkin' login to NYT

  2. Its kind of cold by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's why they call it frosty piss.

  3. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    w00t!

  4. I get serious geek points... by Sevn · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For winning the poll on how long it would take, and 50 bucks.

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  5. Re:No Reg Required... by garcia · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mmm, "forbidden donut." :)

  6. So what is the flaw? by JPriest · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Either NYT left that out or I missed it, so what is it?

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