Internet security flaw exposes private data

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: "Kevin T. Neely" <ktneely () astroturfgarden com>
> Date: January 15, 2010 11:58:08 PM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] : Internet security flaw exposes private data

> You know what is interesting? I have done this with gmail. I had a  
> couple friends staying at my house in Florida in early 2008. I had  
> comcast as my ISP. One morning after making coffee, I openend up my  
> laptop, went to gmail, and got one of my friends' accounts. He had  
> brought his own laptop, but I asked anyway "John, did you use my  
> laptop to check your email?" He hadn't. Somehow, it took me to his  
> account and I had full access. I could not reproduce later in the  
> day, so I didn't do anything about it.
>
> K
>
> Dave Farber wrote:
> > >From: "Charley Kline" <csk () mail com>
> > >To: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
> > >Date: January 15, 2010 09:09:45 PM EST
> > >Subject: Internet security flaw exposes private data
> > >
> > >
> >
> > SAN FRANCISCO – A Georgia mother and her two daughters logged onto 
> >  Facebook from mobile phones last weekend and wound up in a startl 
> > ing place: strangers' accounts with full access to troves of priva 
> > te information.
> >
> > The glitch — the result of a routing problem at the family's wirel 
> > ess carrier, AT&T — revealed a little known security flaw with far 
> >  reaching implications for everyone on the Internet, not just Face 
> > book users.
> >
> > The problem had nothing specific to do with Facebook. It is a more  
> > general problem.
> >
> > See http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100116/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_at_t_glitch
> >
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