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Your Email Password: A True Horror Story About Why We Need Authentication Standards
Saturday, March 8, 2008Blogging developer Jeff Atwood has written up a story of password theft that will run a chill down the back of anyone who enjoys trying out new applications online.
The story is about a GMail archiving application being sold by an unscrupulous coder who programmed the app to forward all GMail usernames and passwords from customers to his personal GMail account.
The story underlines the importa...
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