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Google Talks About the Dangers of User Content

Posted by samzenpus on from the watch-what-you-say dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Here's an interesting article on the Google security blog about the dangers faced by modern web applications when hosting any user supplied data. The surprising conclusion is that it's apparently almost impossible to host images or text files safely unless you use a completely separate domain. Is it really that bad? "

2 of 172 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Yes, it really is that bad. by sgrover · · Score: 5, Funny

    +1, but tell us how you really feel

  2. Re:Yes, it really is that bad. by adolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a miracle it works at all.

    It works?

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    Kid-proof tablet..