vaempire4wii Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) Please digg this article fast, so that it gets noticed to all of flks around. Thanks in advance.Woo. I wasn't able to believe this that Gmail is hacked! This is really unbelievable that one of the biggest site in the world is hacked and the Hackers put porn pics on the Google groups.http://digg.com/security/Gmail_Hacked_3 Edited February 24, 2009 by xper erm..
cluberti Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 This has happened many times, it's no longer news. If you want secure email, don't use gmail.
DigeratiPrime Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 old news? it sounds like something did indeed happen this morning:http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/upda...ail-outage.htmlI use Gmail because it is convenient, but I wouldn't rely on or trust it; same goes for any 3rd party email service.[edit] check out the Gmail S/MIME Firefox addon:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/592
cluberti Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 It's been happening since at least August 2008 to some section of Gmail users off and on, so it's old news, yes. The fact that it's still happening is interesting, but not news.
nitroshift Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 That's why I rely on Axigen Mail for linux installed on my own (well... my company's) servers
James_A Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 If ever there was a misleading Topic title then this is it!Tuesday's downtime wasn't a hack, it was a server outage - and it made the ISC SANS diary and BBC News.... If you want secure email, don't use gmail.or, alternatively, in Europe, if you want security, don't use email!.
xper Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 If ever there was a misleading Topic title then this is it!Tuesday's downtime wasn't a hack, it was a server outage - and it made the ISC SANS diary and BBC News.... If you want secure email, don't use gmail.or, alternatively, in Europe, if you want security, don't use email!.You mean don't use gmail?
James_A Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 No, I really did mean email. It's not a typo.For the reasons why, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunica..._data_retentionOr more simply, see the BBC News item UK e-mail law 'attack on rights' at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7819230.stmFrom March all internet service providers (ISPs) will by law have to keep information about every e-mail sent or received in the UK for a year.That is, details of roughly 3 Billion emails per day, or roughly 1 Trillion emails per year.Also,Reports have suggested the government has even bigger plans for data retention called the Interception Modernisation Programme.It could involve one central database, gathering details on every text sent, e-mail sent, phone call made and website visited.
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