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Flaw found in Google Desktop Search

Posted on Dec 20, 04 01:18 AM PDT

Flaw found in Google Desktop SearchA potential security flaw has been found in Google's Desktop Search by a Rice University professor and two of his students.

A hacker could use the glitch to search the content of someone's computer via the internet. It seems that using this flaw would be difficult, but possible.

Google has been notified in November and is distributing fixed software already. Dan Wallach is an assistant professor at Rice (Houston) and his two students are Seth Fogarty and Seth Nielson.

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