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Teenage Blogger Finds Gmail Hole

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-what-i-was-doing-at-14 dept.

cpm80 wrote to mention the news that a 14 year old blogger has identified a security hole in the Gmail webmail service. From the Network World article: "He wrote that he was trying to e-mail JavaScript code from a Yahoo account to a G-mail account. The code will run in a preview pane, he wrote. But if the code is mailed from one Gmail account to another, it is filtered out, he said. Some visitors to the blog reported being able to replicate the findings, but others said later that they were not able to and that the supposed flaw had been fixed."

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  1. So the story is? by Osrin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Something happened, he is not sure what, and now nobody can replicate it.

    Stuff that matters huh?

  2. Dude, he's 14! by TCQuad · · Score: 2, Funny

    This error should have been reported to Google and the appropriate mailing lists, not posted on a blog. Fortunately, Google responded quickly to resolve the issue before it caused damage.

    If this was a security expert or professional programmer or the like, I'd agree. But he's 14! Teenagers nowadays can barely open a door without first blogging about the experience. He saw something, he said he saw something. Now he gets a little recognition, Google fixes it and everyone goes home happy.

  3. I thought teenagers. . . by smooth+wombat · · Score: 5, Funny

    were good at finding holes to exploit. Any hole.

    Er, wait. Scratch that. I'm thinking of something else.

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    We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
  4. So the attention grabber headline is... by geobeck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Teenage Computer Geek Finds Hole

    Girlfriend says "Finally!"

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    1. Re:So the attention grabber headline is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought that went more along the lines of..

      Teenage Computer Geek Finds Hole

      Girlfriend says "Not that hole! Pull it out! Pull it out!!"

    2. Re:So the attention grabber headline is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Mom says, "He has a girlfriend? He hasn't been able to find any hole since birth."

    3. Re:So the attention grabber headline is... by Kirth+Gersen · · Score: 2, Funny

      In my experience, girls don't say that. They usually say:

      "Are you in yet?"

  5. Re:Outdated by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 3, Funny

    So the fact that they ignored a security hole for two years and then botched the fix is unimportant, because it's fixed now?

    Yeah! Yeah! Because... because Google are different OK?! They do NO EVIL! I mean "Don't be Evil", I mean, not like M$, I mean..... ....STOP DISSING GOOGLE!!!! They're cool and happy and good AJAX coders!!!!!! Better than others!!! They CAN'T Screw up!!!!!!!!!! This is a lie!!! WAS a lie!!! No Wait!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!

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    May the Maths Be with you!
  6. Elements of Un-Style by Icephreak1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The kid's code might be deadly, but after reading his blog, I notice he can barely formulate a coherent English sentence.

    - P

  7. I stick my dick in blogs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    God I cant stand that fucking word!

    Die pls!

    Also he's 14, post pic pls!