Google responded yesterday to a bug that would allow users of the company’s Gmail beta software to e-mail themselves a message which would then drag other information from other e-mails transmitted with the service. While a Unix community group known as HBX Networks detailed the quirk and provided examples of how to get data from strangers’ e-mail, including passwords, Google reported it had addressed the problem by disallowing e-mails with the formatting at issue shortly after it was made public.
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Google Responds to Gmail Bug Exposure
Posted by: Jay Lyman January 13, 2005 11:23 AMGoogle responded yesterday to a bug that would allow users of the company’s Gmail beta software to e-mail themselves a message which would then drag other information from other e-mails transmitted with the service. While a Unix community group known as HBX Networks detailed the quirk and provided examples of how to get data from strangers’ e-mail, including passwords, Google reported it had addressed the problem by disallowing e-mails with the formatting at issue shortly after it was made public.