Flaw found in Google Desktop Search
Posted on Dec 20, 04 01:18 AM PDT
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. |
A potential security flaw has been found in Google's Desktop Search by a Rice University professor and two of his students.
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