[SLL] Gmail Security Hole
Brian Lane
bcl at brianlane.com
Fri Jun 1 23:29:42 PDT 2007
Jerry Horvath wrote:
> I just got off the phone with my brother. He lives in the Washington
> DC area. He confirms that I never used the system that accessed my
> G-Mail account.. The last time I used one of his systems occurred
> over two years ago in Chicago. Then, I used his laptop. We are still
> trying to determine precisely what happened.
>
#1. Have you changed your password since you used his laptop?
#2. Did he migrate his settings from his laptop to any other machines?
I think this is a good demonstration of why you have to be VERY careful
about the machines you type your passwords into. And its a good
justification for going out and getting yourself a Mac Book Pro to carry
with you :)
Brian
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