Assessing The Security Threat Of Google&#39;s Desktop Search
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There is some confusion about threats posed by the new search tool. Google says common sense is enough of a patch. By Thomas Claburn.
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A Rice University computer scientist and two of his students discovered a potentially serious security flaw in the desktop search tool recently distributed by Google, a newspaper report said Monday.
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Unless you live under a rock the size of Canada you&#39;ve heard or read something this week about desktop search. Google sparked considerable interest with its Desktop Search launch in October, and the past few
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SEATTLE - The latest search engine from Google could turn out to be a privacy nightmare! Once installed in a computer running Windows XP or Windows 2000 (with Service Pack 3 or higher), the Google Desktop
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A serious flaw in Google's desktop software could be used to wreak havoc on a victim's PC.
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A flaw discovered in Google Desktop Search last year could have opened up users to the risk of having their personal data compromised. However, the issue was fixed within weeks of its discovery.
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InfoWorld - Just one day after a security researcher showed how Google&#39;s&#160;Firefox toolbar could be exploited&#160;in an online attack, a similar flaw has been discovered in the Google Desktop.
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Beta search app creates vulnerabilities that may threaten your data's   security.
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Google has patched a potentially dangerous vulnerability in its Google Desktop software that security experts say could have put the sensitive information of millions of users at risk.
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Google Desktop is vulnerable to a Web-based attack that could give an attacker access to data indexed by the software, say security researchers.
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Google fixed a flaw in its beta desktop search tool that could have given hackers access to users&#39; local searches, officials said Monday.
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BOSTON -- A potentially devastating hole in Google Inc.'s prevalent desktop search product could have exposed personal files on users' computers to data thieves. Google fixed the defect within weeks of being informed about it and says it has no evidence the vulnerability was exploited.
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Google's Desktop Search application indexes a PC hard drive when it's not being used
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People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new privacy risk to worry about: Google's free new tool that indexes a PC's contents for quickly locating data.
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InfoWorld - Much as the ubiquity of Microsoft&#39;s Windows operating system and Office productivity tools has made the software giant a focal point of security research, search giant Google is facing new scrutiny as it diversifies its products and moves further into the business environment.
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John Markoff in the New York Times reports that a computer science professor and two of his students have discovered a &quot;composition flaw&quot; in Google&#39;s desktop search application.
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Last week when Google came up with its Desktop Search, it promised to make finding files on our desktop a lot less painful. Knowing Google and its other services, I had little doubt that the new tool from their stable would be incredible.