Something I have just noticed, potentially a large security flaw with Google Talk, following its recent integration with GMail…I come in from lovely Sushi and find messages in my GMail Talk from contacts not on my contact list, and lots of new contacts on my contact list. Obviously I’m a tad confused - I dont have this many friends!Turns out that my housemate logged onto GTalk from the client (not GMail) while I was away. Although she logged out of the client, GMail still assumed I was logged in under her ID, providing me with access to all her contacts.Obviously a bit of a security flaw if you have a shared computer with both a Gmail account and GTalk client. I had noticed that GTalk did allow login from more than one location, and now I’m definately wondering about the logic behind this. Can anyone out there re-assure me?Something I have just noticed, potentially a large security flaw with Google Talk, following its recent integration with GMail…I come in from lovely Sushi and find messages in my GMail Talk from contacts not on my contact list, and lots of new contacts on my contact list. Obviously I’m a tad confused - I dont have this many friends!Turns out that my housemate logged onto GTalk from the client (not GMail) while I was away. Although she logged out of the client, GMail still assumed I was logged in under her ID, providing me with access to all her contacts.Obviously a bit of a security flaw if you have a shared computer with both a Gmail account and GTalk client. I had noticed that GTalk did allow login from more than one location, and now I’m definately wondering about the logic behind this. Can anyone out there re-assure me?

Tags: google, im, security

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