FYI Rice grads, professor find flaw in Google
Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:13 am
Company says security glitch in search tool is fixed
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/news/2956814
A security flaw that could have caused big trouble for Google and its new Desktop Search tool has been fixed, thanks to a Rice University professor and two of his graduate students.
Left unchanged, the glitch could have made accessible via the Internet private data stored on personal computers.
gulp.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/news/2956814
A security flaw that could have caused big trouble for Google and its new Desktop Search tool has been fixed, thanks to a Rice University professor and two of his graduate students.
Left unchanged, the glitch could have made accessible via the Internet private data stored on personal computers.
gulp.
Tue Dec 21, 2004 6:37 pm
google owes them some $$$$$