Monday, December 20, 2004

Security Flaw found in Google Desktop Search

A security flaw was found in the Google Desktop Search miniapplet. According to the Infoworld article linked below, the flaw allows a third party site to read the snippets of files on your hard drive that link with the Google search results.


InfoWorld: Security hole found in Google desktop search: December 20, 2004: By : APPLICATIONS : DATA_MANAGEMENT : SECURITY

I'm not surprised. For the Google search tool to work, to "seamlessly integrate" search results on your computer with that of Google, Google has to know what's on your hard drive. Personally, I love Google, but I don't think Google has a compelling need to know what's on my hard drive. I definitely think that Google doesn't have a need to know what's on my hard drive where I store my clients' information. IMHO, For lawyers, it is a prima facie violation of the rule against disclosing client confidences to use the Google desktop search tool.
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