Comments on: Google Notebook http://securitymusings.com/article/26/google-notebook Rants and raves from information security professionals Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:28:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Peter http://securitymusings.com/article/26/google-notebook#comment-9 Peter Thu, 18 May 2006 06:27:09 +0000 http://securitymusings.com/article/26/google-notebook#comment-9 <p>Yet another Google program that needs to somehow be blocked in corporate environments.</p> <p><a href="http://desktop.google.com/">Google Desktop</a>, assuming you have installed the Outlook plugin, copies all Outlook emails into its cache when indexing. Even business-critical encrypted emails. It indexes them In the clear, because it grabs the content when you open the encrypted email.</p> <p>Now, <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook">Google Notebook</a> allows users to copy business-critical information into a website that we have no control over, the data is stored at Google (and presumably scanned, indexed, made searchable, added to the great big file about me somewhere) with no protection other than the Google username and password, which has <a href="http://www.webpronews.com/enterprise/enterpriseonline/wpn-13-20040809GmailExpolitGoogleemailbeinghacked.html">been broken before</a>.</p> Yet another Google program that needs to somehow be blocked in corporate environments.

Google Desktop, assuming you have installed the Outlook plugin, copies all Outlook emails into its cache when indexing. Even business-critical encrypted emails. It indexes them In the clear, because it grabs the content when you open the encrypted email.

Now, Google Notebook allows users to copy business-critical information into a website that we have no control over, the data is stored at Google (and presumably scanned, indexed, made searchable, added to the great big file about me somewhere) with no protection other than the Google username and password, which has been broken before.

]]> By: Irea http://securitymusings.com/article/26/google-notebook#comment-8 Irea Wed, 17 May 2006 00:48:44 +0000 http://securitymusings.com/article/26/google-notebook#comment-8 <p>A section of the Google Terms of Service reads “You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account password, and are responsible for all activities that occur under your account.”</p> <p>IMHO That pretty much indicates you’re to be held responsible for any sharing of copyrighted material you posted.</p> A section of the Google Terms of Service reads “You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account password, and are responsible for all activities that occur under your account.”

IMHO That pretty much indicates you’re to be held responsible for any sharing of copyrighted material you posted.

]]> By: Azoneli http://securitymusings.com/article/26/google-notebook#comment-7 Azoneli Tue, 16 May 2006 23:25:15 +0000 http://securitymusings.com/article/26/google-notebook#comment-7 <p>Under copyright laws you can use copyrighted material for your own purpose without altering it or distributing it. It is not the responsibility of Google to be the cop here for what you save into GN as long as you keep it private. Now, as soon as people start making copyrighted stuff public they automatically become entangled in the whole situation. It is crucial to note that the Supreme Court, in regards to file-sharing programs, ruled that as long as the product and/or service is presented and acts in “good faith” is not directly responsible for individuals’ behaviors.</p> Under copyright laws you can use copyrighted material for your own purpose without altering it or distributing it. It is not the responsibility of Google to be the cop here for what you save into GN as long as you keep it private. Now, as soon as people start making copyrighted stuff public they automatically become entangled in the whole situation. It is crucial to note that the Supreme Court, in regards to file-sharing programs, ruled that as long as the product and/or service is presented and acts in “good faith” is not directly responsible for individuals’ behaviors.

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