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Article #148Re: NEWS: Google's Wi-Fi snoop nabbed passwords and emails
From: John Navas
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:14
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:14
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On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:44:26 GMT, in <hvh7dqg3aa002malch@news.sonic.net>, malch@malch.com (Malcolm Hoar) wrote: >In article <ec4o165c3s0ac1n3u4ifmv5unffkholfuf@4ax.com>, John Navas <jncl1@navasgroup.com> wrote: > >>"However, we can already state that [...] Google did indeed record >>e-mail access passwords [and] extracts of the content of email >>messages." > >That's not good but if folks are using cleartext passwords >over a wireless connection, they really shouldn't have a >"reasonable expectation of privacy". I respectfully disagree -- the problem is the fundamentally flawed POP3 protocol that many (most?) ISPs still use -- it shouldn't take a computer science degree to use basic Internet services. Shame on us. -- Best regards, John "We have met the enemy and he is us" -Pogo
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