[ga] Gmail Reveals the Names of All Users

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All, especially Vint,

  Well Vint, seems yet again Google has proven their disregard for
your users privacy and security.  Bad show, IMO!  Thanks allot
for propagating even more UCE/Spam there Vint!  >:(  < sarcasm
intended >  Oh yes, and BTW Vint, now that this errant mistake
has surfaced, how long to you think it is going to be before technical
terrorist or organized Internet crime groups are going to exploit it?
My guess is, it's already too late...

  Second question Vint:  Why in the HELL don't you folks at Google
test out your code vigorously BEFORE you release it to the public?  You
of all people should know better.

See:
Have you ever wanted to know the name of
admin@xxxxxxxxx? Now you can. Through a bug in Google calendars
 http://blog.holdenkarau.com/2008/07/gaping-whole-in-gmail-privacy.html
the names of all registered Gmail accounts are now readily available.
All you
need to find out the names of any gmail address is a Google calendar
account yourself. Depending on your view this ranges from a harmless
"feature" to a rather serious privacy violation. According to some
reports, spammers are already exploiting this "feature"/bug to send
personalized spam messages.

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