Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Google makes users Information Security Aware

Google has started prompting users if they have been using weak passwords, to change them. This is a good move considering that so many of us are now:
  • using GMail for sensitive communications
  • our Google calendars store information about us and others (like say friend's birthdays)
  • our Google docs accounts might have so much sensitive material in them
  • and finally our Google Search history can be stored and if mined could tell so much about us
This is a welcome move - I hope we the users pay attention and change our passwords if they are weak.

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