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Gmail Reveals the Names of All Users
ihatespam writes "Have you ever wanted to know the name of admin@gmail.com? Now you can. Through a bug in Google calendars the names of all registered Gmail accounts are now readily available. All you need to find out the names of any gmail address is a Google calendar account yourself. Depending on your view this ranges from a harmless "feature" to a rather serious privacy violation. According to some reports, spammers are already exploiting this "feature"/bug to send personalized spam messages."
This bug really doesn't affect me as my email address is my real name.
How we know is more important than what we know.
oh noes! they can figure out my real name just by using google calendar and my email address (first.last@gmail.com)!?
Didn't your mother teach you not to do things you would be ashamed to see on the evening news?
chunkylover53 is going to be most displeased.
IBM doesn't play chess with the Universe.
ahah! But now the spammers KNOW FOR SURE that there isn't an underscore/dash/whatever between your first and last name! You're so screwed!
Really, now everyone will know my name is John Smith? I am outraged and will see my lawyer immediately!
-- john.smith@gmail.com
Someone should get an ass-kicking for this.
Agreed. I'll certainly be asking for my money back...
Does this mean they're only sending spam to people who really need Cialis?
...after which exercise balls (in lieu of the usual chair) will be thrown in a fit of unbridled anger (several tech websites will report a mysterious colorful stream of balls spilling out the Google offices).
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
Then they'll know what part is your first and last name regardless of capitalization! THIS IS HUGE!
This is horrible. This is an outrage! I'm writing Google a letter telling them how awful this is an how they need to work on the Q/A. I mean my GMail address *IS* my full name, but I'm not going to let that fact stop me from acting like an emotionally charged idiot!
No sig for you!!
What, your parents named you Quantum G?
It's a good thing they caught this in beta, before it affects a large number of people!
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/44460
http://notanumber.net/
So yeah, this is a pretty big deal -- not so much for spammers, but as a privacy violation. You can't do a name lookup for an arbitrary e-mail address, and you shouldn't be able to do it for a GMail address. Someone should get an ass-kicking for this.
You know what else... Someone left a thick softcover book on my doorstep the other day that listed the names, addresses, and phone numbers of everyone in my region. Hundreds of thousands of people, maybe millions. I called the police about this, but they seemed unconcerned.
You mean Bob Marley, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, and Al Gore HAVEN'T come back from the dead and signed up for emails with Gmail thousands of times from thousands of different locations? -Registered Spammer
I am the richest astronaut ever to win the superbowl.
Posting to clear moderation because I was brainless and didn't get the joke.
The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. -Anais Nin
Really, I wonder how many times people have used bugs like this to steal an identity, only to find that it's all fake info anyhow.
Personally, every few years, I Re-invent someone... Use a fake(completely fake, not false) identity for everything from Cellphones to gmail.
I google my real name, nothing, google my 'fake' like 20 pages. My 'fake' identity is WAY more famous than I am... I'm kinda jealous.
THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!!!! eventually.
No, her parents named her Moon Unit. What kind of fucking name would "Quantum G" be?!?!
Wait, the Rolexes are fake?!?!
Whooosh.
There are two X's in Rolexx.
Where 'firstname' and 'lastname' are my actual names.
Damn! Some nasty name you got there! Perhaps I'll name my son 'firstname' too!
Oh man! So email can be sent to me at the.rapist@gmail.com or therapist@gmail.com?
I was like, really concerned for a minute. I thought spammers had managed to access something *important* or something.
So, this is about someone that already knows my email address accessing the "name" that I show on every email I send out?
To quote "The Whole Nine Yards" -
*Oh* *My* *Gawd*!
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An Invisible Entity of Vast Power whose existence must be taken on faith alone: Liberal Media
Good Point, Sir.
But... What if were to tell you that my real Gmail address is "ToddDavis@gmail.com" AND I AM Protected With "LifeLock"!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuom4j3-dGY
is just my Social Security number.
Yes, and using the exploit referred to in the article, your real names will be revealed as Jekyll and Hyde, respectively.
A World in a Grain of Sand / Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Infinity in the Palm of your Hand / And Eternity in an Hour.
And two O's in Roloxx. You know it's the real thing because the dial on the watch face goes up to eleven.
mine goes to thirteen...
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I'm going to name my kid 'lastname' instead.
I wondered why all the spam was suddenly titled, "Hey Satanic!" and "Dear Mr. Puppy"
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