November 9th, 2007
Thoughts on Google accounts
Today Philipp posed an interesting and scary question. What if one day you woke up to a phone call from a friend telling you of a severe Google security hole that has left many Google accounts vulnerable. Worried, you try logging into your Gmail to make sure everything is ok — and it’s not. You can’t get in.
This is a scary, but plausible scenario. Account hijacking can happen anywhere, not just to Google, but it is worrisome to think about the type and amount of data you store on Google’s servers.
I would like to ask the same question to my readers. If you woke up to find that your Google account was hijacked — what would you do?
Garett Rogers is employed as a programmer for iQmetrix, which specializes in retail management software for the wireless industry.
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