Hacked! James Fallows writes in the Atlantic Monthly on how his wife's Gmail account was hacked, and years of email were deleted. Summary: if you have Gmail, you should be using its new 2-step verification; use strong passwords; don't re-use passwords.
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posted by russilwvong
on Nov 5, 2011 -
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In August, Google added a feature to Gmail that lets you
make phone calls — for free, if you live in the US or Canada and you're calling someone in the US or Canada. When you make a call, your number shows up as 760-705-8888. Judging by the nine pages of complaints
found here, the service is often being used to prank, harass and scam people.
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posted by defenestration
on Oct 2, 2010 -
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This morning, Google launched a new feature called "
Google Dashboard" that lets users view (and in some cases control,) what data is being stored on a range of more than 20 Google services, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Web History, Orkut, YouTube, Picasa, Talk, Reader, Alerts and Latitude.
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posted by zarq
on Nov 5, 2009 -
59 comments
Gmail Redesigned is a really slick CSS makeover for - you guessed - Gmail. It uses the
Stylish Firefox add-on. (So yes, this is something you would need a computer, firefox, and gmail to care about.)
posted by Wolfdog
on May 7, 2008 -
64 comments
Need a lift? Google Labs presents
RideFinder. Amazing. Oh yeah, and remember that 1 GB quota on Gmail?
It's gone. They're bumping it up to 2 GB as we speak, but they are indicating they will continue to bump it up as needed.
If you have a Gmail account, log out and check out the wacky graph and counter on the login page.
posted by keswick
on Mar 31, 2005 -
39 comments
Get rid of all those Gmail invites "Welcome to isnoop.net's gmail invite spooler. This page offers a place for people with Gmail invites and those who want them to come together with minimal effort and fuss."
posted by dhoyt
on Jan 19, 2005 -
36 comments
Recently we've all been thinking about flat (or better,
faceted)
hierarchy web apps that organize
email,
photos,
bookmarks, and
general knowledge. The common threads are
metadata (tags, categories, labels) that enrich relationships within and hence
searchability of large collections. But besides
marketroid hype (
buzzwords, snark) and a computer that plays
Twenty Questions what
else can we do and study using faceted data structures:
searchable culture references in The Simpsons,
library science, computer
filesystems,
A.I. development, models for
human memory and cognition?
posted by fatllama
on Dec 5, 2004 -
46 comments
GMail not-so-safe Mail. So apparentley GMail has a major exploit that's been discovered by an Israeli hacker.
"Using a hex-encoded XSS link, the victim's cookie file can be stolen by a hacker, who can later use it to identify himself to Gmail as the original owner of an email account, regardless of whether or not the password is subsequently changed." And so the fun with GMail begins..
posted by mrplab
on Oct 29, 2004 -
9 comments
Gmail 4 Troops! The idea of matching U.S. troops in need of a low-cost way to communicate with their friends, family, and other loved ones back home with those who have spare Gmail invitations is the brainchild of Wil Wheaton and Drew Olanoff. Gmail4Troops is their project, as a result of their inspiration. The sponsors here, including Whizardries and ISIPP, are here to help further and support Drew and Wil's project, and are honoured to be able to assist Wil and Drew, and to serve our troops serving overseas, and their loved ones back home, in this manner .
posted by konolia
on Jun 22, 2004 -
41 comments
Ain't this grand? Pop Goes the Gmail is a program that sits between the http://gmail.com web server and your email client, converting messages from web format into POP3 format that a program such as Outlook Express or Thunderbird can understand.
posted by sunexplodes
on Jun 15, 2004 -
43 comments
Yahoo feels the
heat. Yahoo webmail users logged in this morning to find that they suddenly have mailboxes with 100MB capacity, can send emails up to 5MB in size, and have a much nicer-looking interface.
posted by bingo
on Jun 15, 2004 -
53 comments
Gmail is too Creepy "Dear Gmail user: Due to privacy considerations, we cannot respond unless you resend your email from a different account."
posted by o2b
on Jun 10, 2004 -
53 comments
What would you swap for a gmail account? "Everyone's talking about Gmail, but it's still only a handful of lucky ducks who have snagged an account. And while the rest of us go hungry, you can be sure that the best email addresses are being gulped down by nefarious hooligans. gmail swap tells the people with Gmail about the people without."
posted by dogmatic
on May 17, 2004 -
105 comments
Gmail: Google's newest service. They're claiming 1Gb of free email, killer spam filters, and a great new webmail interface. They'll likely have Google ads attached to your messages, but I can't wait to see it tomorrow (hopefully it's not just an April Fools prank).
posted by mathowie
on Mar 31, 2004 -
108 comments
