‘Whoa’: Can Your GMail Address Be ‘Harvested’ If You Are Logged Into Google?
- Posted on November 20, 2010 at 3:57pm by
Scott Baker
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Right now you are reading a story on The Blaze. I have no idea who you are and you probably like it that way. But what if had secret Managing Editor powers that allowed me to see your actual e-mail address whether you wanted me to or not?
You might consider that to be a “pretty big security hole.” The folks at TechCrunch sure do:
The creator of http://guntada.blogspot.com (don’t visit that site just yet) emailed us this morning to explain.
If you’re already logged in to any Google account (Gmail, etc.), and visit that site, he’s harvested your Google email. And proves it by emailing you immediately.
Michael Arrington includes a screen grab of the e-mail:
Arrington has some theories on how this is being done. Read it here. But the import is clear: “The ability to harvest emails from anyone already signed into Google, not to mention just see exactly who’s visiting the site, is extremely valuable.”
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Comments (64)
Here2do
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 10:09pmI think this is a lot about nothing. Dude your email address is all over the place. I agree that it‘s a security hole and should be fixed but unless there’s some other personal info that can be harvested, what’s the point? Glenn’s show, over the years, has started attracting too many paranoids. Well, come to think of it, Glenn is just as paranoid.
Report Post »USABloodline
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:25pmWe have seen Big Brother and Big Brother is not government; Big Brother is us.
Dump every Google produce you have.
Report Post »thinkingoutloud
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 7:16pmIf these liberal progressives control airwaves, airplanes,etc, I will drop out of flying, cable, internet,etc and catch up on my reading. I sure hope Glenn and like minded people will still have a way to communicate with us when and if he or Fox news is silenced. Perhaps we shold turn to the Indians and learn smokesignals.
Report Post »mikshelb
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 7:14pmThis is why I quit using anything Google awhile ago.
Report Post »mjgma
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:54pmIf you think google is trying to “fix” this think again. After all the master of redirecting you when you search using google search engine is google.
Report Post »adifftake
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:33pmJust one thing to say without reading the story, just the question. DUH??
Report Post »Diamond Girl
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:26pmIf anyone thinks for one second that any info of where we go and what we post email or webs etc can‘t be followed by Big Brother anytime anywhere then I’ve got some beach front property for sale in the high desert…they’ve been tracking us for years, even before the internet, now it’s just easier with more potential.
Started with our SS#…I can’t worry all the the time, not worth it, life is too short.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:16pmMay I ask, was J Edgar Hoover conservative or liberal? That cross dressing freak of nature seemed to spy on every American who dared to say anything other than “Yes Sir’.
Google’s word recognition can be damn funny. I had clicked on a story where an elderly man had been clubbed to death by a Mexican with a golf club. To the side of the story was an ad by a golf club business on how to develop “the perfect swing”.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:16pmGoogle has been in bed with the Feds for a long time. I use Google only every now and then. But when I do, I always use a throw away email.
Report Post »Sam the Casual Movie Guy
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:12pmThank God this is a COMPLETELY unrelated issue…
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 5:57pmI‘m so happy that I’ve never trusted anything from google….try http://www.goodsearch.com and do some good for somebody
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GetRightOrGetLeft
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 5:33pmI think many of you are making connections here that just don’t exist. Google allowed this “hole” because they want to use the information to make money. I highly doubt there is some covert government conspiracy to rob us of our freedom involved with this.
Having said that, now that the technology has been uncovered, it will certainly give them ideas. I agree with DPCWOLLMANN that Google staff will be burning the midnight oil to fix the issue, now that it has been revealed.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:25pmYou must be overlooking Google’s conversations with the White House about net neutrality and intrusion. Their involvment with the Chinese government on censorship and privacy issues with private citizens using Google.
Report Post »It’s not just adware cookies anymore!
free2bme1961
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 10:17pmMy daughter had her gmail hacked into by a chinese address. Thankfully, she doesn’t keep anything worth finding it…but it was a disturbing reality, which pissed us both off.
Report Post »Me, on the other hand, I purposely google and giggle about it, because they have to realize, they have no authority over me…furthermore, I know that they are being fully surveiled for the sole purpose, of God‘s wrath just waiting to hit em ’ hard…..only to be followed, by a judgement day that will leave them trembling!.
Chalon Hutson
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 5:31pmJust in case none of you new, Google’s other name is “Skynet”!
Let’s just hope that John Connor comes soon.
Watch my video!
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9gi8cESCzI&hd=1
Noreen1959
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 5:29pmAfter reading this I went and got me a gmail account! Go ahead and follow my Libertarian arse! See the sites I visit, who and what I support. I watch Fox news every single nite, Glenn Beck, Neil Cavuto, and Bill at 8pm. If the powers that be (spooky dude) dont like it….come and get me then.
Report Post »LibertyGirl71
Posted on November 22, 2010 at 9:31pmLOL! Noreen1959, I like the way you think! ;)
Report Post »FreedomsHope
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 5:07pmThis is why I canceled my Google account.
Report Post »ARTPF
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 5:07pmThe blog is shut down
Report Post »I think this is phoney.
Celeste.Christi
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 5:05pmThis info is old. Anyone paying attention knows not to log into anything Google, or use Gmail. It was reported at least 2 years ago that the ads that appear within your Gmail account reflect that the program reads your messages. IE: Emailing your mother that you are packing for your trip to Asia will result in ads about luggage and discount trips to Asia the next time you login to Gmail. If you must log into Google for anything (adsense for example), do your business then get out asap – and don’t use Gmail!
Report Post »FreedomsHope
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 5:08pmTotally agree.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:15pmThe White House is against cookies. Unless, of coarse, they are the “non-fat” adware/spyware/phishing kind. Then they are all for it!
Report Post »SUPER *****
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 4:54pmHow ’bout just don‘t be an idiot and don’t click on random links people you don’t know send you?
Report Post »S_Malc13
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 4:34pmLawmakers are constantly tweaking the language on our privacy while on the net. The Feds have deals with Yahoo and Google that allow them access to an extent. But who believes that ‘extent’ part?
Report Post »Opinionmonger
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:22pmThere is NO such thing as privacy on the internet.
Report Post »Any letter you type can and sometimes WILL be intercepted by someone linked into the internet, since tcp/ip protocols DO NOT have any privacy concerns built n, so antthing is readable by anuone by default.
Yopu shoud encrypt yor messages to keep content away from snoopers, but the connection will allways be established, since anonymizers are far awau and few between.
And before anyone get his.hers knickers up in a bunch, >rEAL terrorist allready new this some decades ago, so don‘t bother with ’nice’ suggestions hoe the guvmint needs to read your mail etcetera.
uncleherbert
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 4:31pmgoogle and the WH, the bigger connection…
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 4:20pmWith a Czar Czar here and a Czar Czar there…..Everywhere a Czar Czar. The “C” part is silent.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 4:14pmYou already have my e-mail addy. I used it to sign up. Want more, just ask.
Report Post »Independent American
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 4:10pmPower tends to corrupt, absolute power absolutely.
Report Post »Fletch
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 4:09pmtry scroogle scrapple
http://ssl.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm
Report Post »Fletch
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 4:15pmno cookies | no search-term records | access log deleted within 48 hours
Report Post »Eternal Lucy
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:20pmThere’s also StartPage:
https://us2.startpage.com/eng/
(thanks for the tip on Scroogle, Fletch!)
Report Post »Fletch
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 9:34pmBack at you Lucy
Report Post »Kalidor835
Posted on November 21, 2010 at 9:22amFor Firefox users Startpage has a plugin for the built in search bar. Just add it to Firefox as you would others.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13036/
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 4:07pmAnd once again big brother is watching us. Can anyone say Soros “Spooky Dude” and his chief list of cronies at work again?
Report Post »dpcwollmann
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 4:31pmNo, we can’t, but we can say there are a bunch of programmers working overtime at Google to make sure this hole is fixed.
Report Post »bostonchris
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 4:53pmcheck this out the fed
only ron paul can shut them down
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 5:03pmhmmm… we’ve got Google (who is very close to Obama) gathering your info and the FCC trying to expand its authority to cover internet content. Say goodbye to online privacy, and hello to full government oversight on what you post, what sites you visit, and what sites you will have access to. Socialists must control media to be successful, and your internet is way too unregulated for thier tastes.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:06pmThat’s why I use a throw away email account. When I visit sites that I don’t know on Google. I always log out of my regular email address and use the throw away. Its a chore but at least it keeps me safe for awhile.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:06pmI quit using anything to do with Google, as much as possible, a long time ago because of their strange dealings with government. Not just the USA but China and others as well.
Report Post »And no, I don’t wear a tin foil hat!
thepatriotdave
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:31pmbostonchris,
Why Paul? Does he have some magical powers we don’t know about?
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:37pmRogue,
I wish it were just socialists. What you are talking about has to do with Communism, and we have been warned about it over and over and over, yet we still allow this crap to go on.
The best example of what‘s going on comes from a comment made by a little known Commie that helped push the Marxist revolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1900’s. His comment was not meant for public ears, but it got out any way. Read it and weep…
“We asked for freedom of the press, thought, and civil liberties in the past because we were in the opposition and needed these liberties to conquer. Now that we have conquered, there is no longer any need for such civil liberties.”
-Bukharin, 1917
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »Anarcho Capitalist
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 7:02pm@THEPATRIOTDAVE
Report Post »Yes. A working mind. Paul 2012
PeterThePainter
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 9:58pmTo the global warmers…google EV 1, the GM electric vehicle only leased to individuals in the early 90s and had leasee’s trying to sue to keep them….but they were all destroyed. The technology has been there for years….but not profittable enough. The money masters rule the earth.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on November 20, 2010 at 11:31pmCan they do it and get away with it??? of course they can,,,it‘s called ’invasion of privacy.’ Doing it every day…. Heard someone once say that the only difference between the citizens of a communist country and those of the united states; the communists KNOW they aren’t free.
Report Post »toxic_freedom
Posted on November 21, 2010 at 5:04am@ThePatriotDave
Report Post »Your comment about 1917 reminded me of an article i recently read about France 1963 it was graffiti that stated “In a society that has abolished every kind of adventure the only adventure that remains is to abolish the society.” its funny the similarities I am seeing here.
tower7femacamp
Posted on November 21, 2010 at 8:05amSoro’s hell ? try the CIA, maybe Soro’s runs the CIA
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2006/061206seedmoney.htm
Wake up, we are in a Prison state, thought police will
Report Post »be locking us up soon. Why else are we being monitored so
closely ? We are under China style rule and have been since
Bill Clinton was elected. These people don’t play
and are very Demonic.
Ruler4You
Posted on November 21, 2010 at 10:19amIt seems that all the ‘talk’ about security should be a lesson for every citizen… security if for THEM, not you and me.
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