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by A 14 year old known only as 'Anthony' has found a rather large hole in Google's popular Gmail internet mail client. The vulnerability involves Gmail improperly compiling Java Script code that is designed to appear in the preview pane. This comes on the heels of a vulnerability discovered in Internet Explorer that allowed access to Google Desktop, Google's popular searching utility.
Combined with other concerns about Google's popular map viewing program, Google Earth, could Google be making too much information available in easily searchable databases? Could The Onion's discovery in August 2005 that Google was to destroy all information that it couldn't index really be true?
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While we should all be vigilant and concerned as Google migrates more and more personal information away from its source, we're seeing the backlash of minor programming mistakes and political maneuvering. There is no reason to believe Google has gone against their principles or has plans in place to take over the world.
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Fist Announced on Digg - now patched by tomtolman :: NR6 :: Show
The 14-year-old, known as ph3rny, posted his findings to digg yesterday. The 142 comments from digg users include some people who were able to execute the vulnerability. Based on the digg comments, it looks like the vulnerability was patched within a couple hours of it hitting digg.