[Off-Topic] Hotmail exposes e-mail addresses (again)

["Ravikant K. Rao" <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://yahoo.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2247861.html?pt.yfin.cat_fin.txt.ne

Summary: Hotmail embeds user's e-mail address into the URL, so any images
sent in html e-mails can get the reading user's personal information...

Hotmail glitch exposes email addresses 
   By Stefanie Olsen
   Staff Writer, CNET News.com
   July 12, 2000, 1:15 p.m. PT 

   A flaw in Microsoft's Hotmail program is inadvertently sending
subscribers' email addresses to online advertisers, the company confirmed
today. 

The admission highlights a widespread Internet security problem known
as "data spill." Security experts said similar problems have plagued
Internet companies that make personal information available in URLs, or
Web addresses. 

    -Ravi
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