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Story: Google Web Accelerator sparks privacy fears
Posted by: Trygve Henriksen (Sunday 8 May 2005, 8:47 PM)
So, if I use a webmail system while this is running on my computer(most webmails doesn't use SSL), this system will cache the information.
Then someone else can access the same server and potentially read my mails.
Or I could log into eBay or another auction site to bid on something.
Another GWA user also surfs by eBay finds something he likes and bids a ridiculous amount for it in MY NAME?
Will Google pay for it for me?
(As netbanks and PayPal use SSL I can't use another user's account)
If only this produch respected the PRAGMA:NO-CACHE or the ROBOTS.TXT so that we could be certain that some pages were unaffected...
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Story: Google Web Accelerator sparks privacy fears
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Ok youve got it wrong and didnt even download the... Anonymous -
[Headslaps] Wrong. The privacy fears are not about... Anonymous
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If you'e got nothing to hide you've got nothi... NJ -
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Firstly let m... Frank Swain
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NJ/ Student,
It isn't as simple as bein... UKguy
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The NJ STUDENT wrote: "If you've go... Lou Ragun
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"If you've got nothing to hide, you've g... Steve Savage
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So, if I use a webmail system while this is runnin... Trygve Henriksen
