Comments on: Google Calendar Security Notice http://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:37:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Is Google Calenda Secure? :Search Engine Newshttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-328320 Is Google Calenda Secure? :Search Engine News Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:53:23 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-328320 [...] Chris Pirillo has discovered that if you search for public documents in Googles online calendar, you will be presented with [...] [...] Chris Pirillo has discovered that if you search for public documents in Googles online calendar, you will be presented with [...]

]]> By: Login Credentials in Public Google Calendars « Know what is happening throughout the worldhttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-323323 Login Credentials in Public Google Calendars « Know what is happening throughout the world Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:56:53 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-323323 [...] Startup Meme and Chris Pirillo report that quite a few people have made login credentials of theirs public via Google Calendar event descriptions, which can now be found by searching for public events for e.g. “username password”. When you create a calendar with Google, you have the options “do not share with everyone” (default) and “share all information on this calendar with everyone” (which additionally triggers a confirmation dialog). However, when people add certain events to public calendars, it may be that they’ve forgotten they once made the calendar public. Maybe Google needs to put a more visible icon next to public calendars as a reminder, or always trigger a confirmation when you add an event to a public calendar, but this is not a Google Calendar security vulnerability – it’s user misconfiguration, similar to when you e.g. create a blog post with information that ought to be secret, and then someone searches Google for “password username”. [...] [...] Startup Meme and Chris Pirillo report that quite a few people have made login credentials of theirs public via Google Calendar event descriptions, which can now be found by searching for public events for e.g. “username password”. When you create a calendar with Google, you have the options “do not share with everyone” (default) and “share all information on this calendar with everyone” (which additionally triggers a confirmation dialog). However, when people add certain events to public calendars, it may be that they’ve forgotten they once made the calendar public. Maybe Google needs to put a more visible icon next to public calendars as a reminder, or always trigger a confirmation when you add an event to a public calendar, but this is not a Google Calendar security vulnerability – it’s user misconfiguration, similar to when you e.g. create a blog post with information that ought to be secret, and then someone searches Google for “password username”. [...]

]]> By: Calgoohttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-321543 Calgoo Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:15:01 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-321543 We at the Calgoo office use Google Calendar for business purposes. After spending so much time with it its hard to imagine someone making this mistake. That said it is clearly a case of user eduction - or lack there of. The only problem is how far must one go to educate their users before some are turned off by feeling patronized.- Calgoo www.calgoo.com We at the Calgoo office use Google Calendar for business purposes. After spending so much time with it its hard to imagine someone making this mistake. That said it is clearly a case of user eduction – or lack there of. The only problem is how far must one go to educate their users before some are turned off by feeling patronized.

- Calgoo
http://www.calgoo.com

]]> By: Google Calendar Passwords in The Open, Google Antitrust case, and more Google Newshttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-321164 Google Calendar Passwords in The Open, Google Antitrust case, and more Google News Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:49:05 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-321164 [...] Google Calendar Security Notice Uh, guys… y’all gotta tell your friends not to store usernames and passwords in public documents - at least, not without protecting them with passwords themselves. More importantly, the last thing you want to do is set a reminder for yourself in Google Calendar and leave the login credentials in the reminder AND set it for public viewing. [...] [...] Google Calendar Security Notice Uh, guys… y’all gotta tell your friends not to store usernames and passwords in public documents – at least, not without protecting them with passwords themselves. More importantly, the last thing you want to do is set a reminder for yourself in Google Calendar and leave the login credentials in the reminder AND set it for public viewing. [...]

]]> By: Mosuki blog » Google calendar: sharing gone wild!http://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-321002 Mosuki blog » Google calendar: sharing gone wild! Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:04:45 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-321002 [...] We posted eight months ago about Google calendar’s lack of respect for private data. Chris Pirillo has a found a clever demonstration of this: just search for “user password” in public events, and you’ll come up with a huge list of usernames and passwords of all sorts. [...] [...] We posted eight months ago about Google calendar’s lack of respect for private data. Chris Pirillo has a found a clever demonstration of this: just search for “user password” in public events, and you’ll come up with a huge list of usernames and passwords of all sorts. [...]

]]> By: Greghttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-320592 Greg Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:17:15 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-320592 I think Google should probably notify folks. It's not their fault, but they'd look bad if there were a hack. I think Google should probably notify folks. It’s not their fault, but they’d look bad if there were a hack.

]]> By: Easton Ellsworthhttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-320130 Easton Ellsworth Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:56:02 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-320130 Er, to elaborate - that's both amazing and ho-hum - I mean of course there would be a great many uneducated or un-forewarned GCal users out there - but the sheer volume of it amazes me. Thanks for the heads-up Chris and Michael. Er, to elaborate – that’s both amazing and ho-hum – I mean of course there would be a great many uneducated or un-forewarned GCal users out there – but the sheer volume of it amazes me. Thanks for the heads-up Chris and Michael.

]]> By: Easton Ellsworthhttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-320120 Easton Ellsworth Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:54:47 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-320120 Dude. Dude.

]]> By: Google Calendar Security Notice | TomCoyotehttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-319575 Google Calendar Security Notice | TomCoyote Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:09:29 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-319575 [...] Via: Chris.Pirillo.com [...] [...] Via: Chris.Pirillo.com [...]

]]> By: MAcsSNAcshttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-319514 MAcsSNAcs Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:56:44 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-319514 What I don't understand is why the default isn't private, and you change it top public if you want... Wouldn't that be the easiest solution. I hate having to make private things private. I don't use the calendar to share things... yet, just to keep track for myself. What I don’t understand is why the default isn’t private, and you change it top public if you want… Wouldn’t that be the easiest solution. I hate having to make private things private. I don’t use the calendar to share things… yet, just to keep track for myself.

]]> By: Google Calendar Users Sharing Their Passwords | Marketing Pilgrimhttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-319293 Google Calendar Users Sharing Their Passwords | Marketing Pilgrim Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:14:43 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-319293 [...] Chris Pirillo has a community announcement for anyone using Google Calendar. He warns that some users are inadvertently storing their usernames and passwords in Google Calendar, while sharing their calendar with the world wide web. Google has just created an enormous security problem. [...] [...] Chris Pirillo has a community announcement for anyone using Google Calendar. He warns that some users are inadvertently storing their usernames and passwords in Google Calendar, while sharing their calendar with the world wide web. Google has just created an enormous security problem. [...]

]]> By: Billhttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-319208 Bill Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:59:05 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-319208 I'm failing to see how Google creates this problem. When people are dumb enough to put passwords on public documents, they get what they get. Perhaps Google could put a few more warnings up, though. I’m failing to see how Google creates this problem. When people are dumb enough to put passwords on public documents, they get what they get. Perhaps Google could put a few more warnings up, though.

]]> By: Bruce Boughtonhttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-319154 Bruce Boughton Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:48:06 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-319154 This reminds me of a recent spot on Virgin Radio here in the UK. Virgin Radio ran a competition where, if you revealed to them your work logon and password, you won a prize. Surprising numbers of people did! A similar experiment also showed people would hand over their logon and password for a free plastic biro pen! Madness! This reminds me of a recent spot on Virgin Radio here in the UK. Virgin Radio ran a competition where, if you revealed to them your work logon and password, you won a prize. Surprising numbers of people did! A similar experiment also showed people would hand over their logon and password for a free plastic biro pen! Madness!

]]> By: Paul Stewarthttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-319038 Paul Stewart Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:25:33 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-319038 It is interesting, for all the folks in the geek world who know how to do things for themselves, geeks are lazy/cheep to rely on free services ment for the brain dead. And because it is Google, friend of open source, free software (as in freedom,) the alternative to the MS Monopoly, savior to the average user, brilliant minds, you have to ask; Is it on purpose? Have we all learned our lesson? This hasn't just happened to average users.This is what Google thinks of you. It is interesting, for all the folks in the geek world who know how to do things for themselves, geeks are lazy/cheep to rely on free services ment for the brain dead. And because it is Google, friend of open source, free software (as in freedom,) the alternative to the MS Monopoly, savior to the average user, brilliant minds, you have to ask; Is it on purpose? Have we all learned our lesson? This hasn’t just happened to average users.

This is what Google thinks of you.

]]> By: Metablogging.gr » Google Calendar: Προσοχή. Τεράστιο θέμα ασφάλειαςhttp://chris.pirillo.com/google-calendar-security-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-318759 Metablogging.gr » Google Calendar: Προσοχή. Τεράστιο θέμα ασφάλειας Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:33:21 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/04/22/google-calendar-security-notice/#comment-318759 [...] Η είδηση από το blog του Chis Pirillo που μου υπέδειξε ο basileios. [...] [...] Η είδηση από το blog του Chis Pirillo που μου υπέδειξε ο basileios. [...]

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