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Surely this is a giant target painted on Facebook or Gmail's servers for any blackhat out there who wants to intercept a whole lot of traffic.

• simonh 14y ago
  Facebook and Gmail don't handle your connection to your bank. Apart from that, we already know the Chinese have hacked GMail accounts on several occasions, so Google is already a definite target and the Incidents that have been reported may be just the tip of the iceberg so far as we know. We also know that there have been cases of corporate and government espionage in the recent past. This is happening, right now, and we may never know how extensive it is. It's entirely possible that Nokia could become a target of either technical or even employee infiltration. If so, covert access to a service like this would be a fantastic coup, especially since Nokia phones are still popular in many parts of the world with unscrupulous and technicaly sophisticated governments.
  • millerc 14y ago
    Despite the irony, I'm not arguing it should be less of a concern. Recent mishandling of user accounts by Sony Entertainment and LinkedIn gave us a glimpse of how much damage an intrusion can cause, even though (?) their management thought their intended purpose couldn't lead to any serious liability (speaking through my hat here).
• ori_b 14y ago
  Of course it is. But that's beside the point. The fewer servers that I interact with that have giant targets and potential security holes the better.