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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Lessons Learned
It seems G-Archiver, a third-party tool for backing up Google's Gmail, was/is sending usernames and passwords back to evildoers. The lessons here are simple: Always check online to see if the software you are thinking of using is safe. A simple search should confirm if others have any concerns regarding security, privacy, function or usefulness. Secondly, consider trying open-source software when possible. Since these applications are constantly examined by users for problems you tend to be protected in part from hassles that effect proprietary applications.
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 1:37.01 PM EDT | Permanent Link
| Categories: Alternative Applications, Best Practices, Privacy Issues, Virus-Trojan-Worm Alerts
| Categories: Alternative Applications, Best Practices, Privacy Issues, Virus-Trojan-Worm Alerts