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Gmail Reveals the Names of All Users

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-so-anonymous-now dept.

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."

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  1. Re:SLASHDOT SUX0RZ by Darkness404 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hmmm... That could be true. I didn't click it of course....

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  2. Re:This only punishes the foolish by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn! I was supposed to be logged in for that comment :-(

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    Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
  3. Re:it's BETA by passthesalt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Funny coincidence, but I was a Vista Beta tester. I downloaded the .iso, burnt the DVD and got the install key. But then I read the license agreement. I saw the part where it would quit after a few months, and I would need to buy the full version. I decided not to do the install. MAYBE that happened with EVERY tester. Since nobody was testing, they got no bug reports, so then they released it assuming it was perfect. Vista works, it just doesn't work very well.