1/15/2007

What the Google?

I recently blogged about the scary amounts of data Google must have - I use quite a few of their services, and have enjoyed the likes of Blogger and YouTube for a while now - both Google entities these days. But I've hesitated from using their online word processor, spreasheet, Desktop & Picasa services - I've decided to spread my digital self amongst corporate entities for peace of mind - and seem justified having just read a post about a method recently exposed that meant all Google account information could be vulnerable.

It exploited the feature in Blogger that enables external hosting of a blog - and someone managed to host their blog from a Google domain - it's scary, in-depth techie stuff & the loophole seemed to have been closed in hours - but if you worry about your information in this connected age - read this!

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