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Old 07-02-2011, 03:24 AM   #1
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Google Release New Spam Bot In Form Of Google Plus

Google Release New Spam Bot In Form Of Google Plus.

There has been a huge amount of hype surrounding the release of Google Plus, a social networking addition to their already robust portfolio and the main reasoning behind the Google +1 buttons that have begun to be implemented across search engine results pages and websites across the globe.

Well with so much anticipation to see exactly what Google have been able to create, once given the chance to sample the experience that many are yet to learn of but within minutes of access, the first problem has already raised its ugly head.

Testing of the Google Plus site has revealed that the latest offering from the online giants is a cloaked version of a spam bot that potentially is going to cause issues for millions of online email users.

So where does the problem arise?

The fact that Google Plus allows non Google Mail accounts to be placed into the contacts list within the site has opened up a huge security issue for email users based on the fact that Google have allowed you to share anything that you wish with huge contact lists, regardless of whether they use Gmail or not.

Here is an image of the screen box that you are presented with when you select to share something with your contacts, make sure to take note of the highlighted area as this is the extension of your ?social circle?.....

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Old 07-02-2011, 04:09 AM   #2
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But the actual sharing, is when a human presses the button and OK's it. So it's not really Google sharing it, it's people.

They are just the carrier of the spam, they didn't actually choose to send it for you.

So in the end, the person who's spamming you is the one to blame. Not Google. Except maybe blame them for making it so easy and possible, but then lots of companies should be blamed for stuff like this.

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Old 07-02-2011, 04:21 AM   #3
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they will fix it, if it's that really bad
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