Google Antiphishing Site Exposed Private User Data

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @06:56AM from the self-phishing dept.

Juha-Matti Laurio writes "Google has removed a few user names and passwords posted inadvertently to a phishing blacklist it compiles and makes publicly available on the Web. This information was submitted to Google by Firefox users with the browser's internal antiphishing toolbar. This feature, developed in cooperation with Google, enables users to report potential phishing sites to Google's blacklist database. Google has reportedly implemented a new mechanism detecting login data in submitted URLs to prevent sensitive information from getting posted to the list." The article notes that news of this minor lapse may obscure the ongoing problem of sensitive data exposed on the Web and findable via Google and other search services.

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Do not use such a bloated browsers then by AnnuitCoeptis · 2007-01-23 07:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Recetly, I've found out that I don't have a web browser that is not threatened by some nasty bugs or exploits. So after a long research I've found "Offbyone" browser, and it rulez. Website loading is -rapid- compared to anything outthere. No Web2.0 spyware.. no problems.

And did you notice how slow those Web2.0 sites are? The usability went from 4/5 to 2/5 with all those _web 2.0_ upgrades. There is nothing I was missing with old Slashdot, old Yahoo! messageboars or old Digg. All those sites were better under the old scheme and faster. Now you can play Doom in the browser right? Wrong, I play Doom on my XBox360 Live Arcade not in the _web 2.0_ bloated browser.