i am surprised you didnt take credit for this you twit. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:46 PM, n3td3v <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: newsgroup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:31 PM > Subject: Comments on: Google powers up users' Gmail security arsenal > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > by n3td3v July 8, 2008 11:23 AM > > @ReVeLaTeD > > Not all users with access to your Gmail account want to change the > password, they want to read emails stealthily and thats all. Raising > suspicion by letting the victim know you're there isn't something they > want to do. > > If they kicked you out and changed the password they wouldn't be able > to read your emails anymore, hence why they don't kick you out and > change the password. > > You've got to remember why people break into web mail accounts in the > first place, its not to steal your account, its to read emails and > gather intelligence. > > However, this feature is pointless in the sense of detecting if the > government is snooping, as the government monitor your Gmail account > in different ways. > > This feature is only going to detect low-level snooping by bedroom > teens, criminals and stalkers. > > The end game is, the government are still reading your web emails and > won't show up on this system. > > It is a stupid feature in the sense its giving gullible Gmail users a > false sense of security in that, if they see no rogue IP addresses > logging into their Gmail account, that they think no one is snooping > and reading their emails, that isn't the case. > > This system won't detect government snooping, the government simply > send a national security letter to Google Mail and they are granted > full access to backend visualisation stats, graphs and other neat > features to watch everything thats going on with your Gmail account. > > You can probably bet this system purposely ignores known government > addresses anyway in an agreement between the government and Google, so > yeah completely misleading system this is. > > All the best, > > n3td3v > > http://news.cnet.com/8601-13577_3-9985264.html?hhTest&communityId=2072&targetCommunityId=2072&messageId=753919#753919 > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >
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