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Stones and glass houses. Not to throw stones, but to learn how to build better glass houses. California's SB 1386 doesn't become effective until July 1, 2003. http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1043252353 Security Flaw Exposes 35 Million AOL Accounts By Nate Mook and Craig Newell, BetaNews January 22nd, 2003, 11:19 AM The accounts of millions of AOL subscribers were jeopardized this week due to a serious flaw in the company's Web-based mail system, BetaNews has learned. The vulnerability stems from an error in one of AOL's international e-mail authentication systems, which granted users access without correctly verifying passwords. By simply entering an account name, an AOL user had the ability to read any other user's e-mail and all personal data contained therein. |