Tuesday, 15. November 2005
Could Gmail spam take off?
Thomas Duff points out a sneaky social engineering trick that could be used to:- take over a Gmail account,
- obtain lists of addresses to be used as spam targets and
- spam those addresses, possibly using the self same Gmail account
Given my earlier post on Google's flawed aim to protect the purported privacy of their members by hiding the submission IP address, this could be cause for them to re-evaluate that position. Otherwise they risk venturing further onto that slippery slope which has already caused Hotmail and Yahoo! so much embarrassment.
See also:
Spam from Gmail
SpamCop lists Gmail
GSpam? - Part 2
Gmail, spam and blacklisting
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