Re: Google Accounts Security Vulnerability

[Kyle Creyts <kyle.creyts () gmail com>]

Creating test accounts and reproducing this bug sounds like a
responsible thing to do.

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Michael J. Gray <mgray () emitcode com> wrote:
> That was a bit ambiguous and I apologize for that. I meant that I had
> reproduced the issue several times, not created test accounts. I'm willing
> to bet it's not just a few accounts being affected.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jann Horn [mailto:jannhorn () googlemail com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 4:39 AM
> To: Michael J. Gray
> Cc: 'Thor (Hammer of God)'; 'Dan Kaminsky';
> full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Google Accounts Security Vulnerability
>
> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:04:43PM -0700, Michael J. Gray wrote:
> > On why I don't want to provide my email address to Google:
> >
> > It's a different email address which I don't want associated with this
> > email address for various reasons. That is why I am not going to provide
> it.
> > Your assumption that it's a simple piece of information and requires
> > no effort to give out is correct, but the impact of the association is
> > unwanted.
>
> Sounds reasonable.
>
>
> > The fact that Google can create a test account and reproduce the issue
> > (as I have now done several times) tells me that they want the account
> > information for some other purpose or that they're just being lazy.
>
> So, you now have a test account that doesn't reveal any secrets about you
> and which is affected... so you could surely give Google the name of that
> one?
>
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Kyle Creyts

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