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Re: [Ayatana] Farewell to the notification area



On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 13:39 -0400, Marc Deslauriers wrote:

> So...what does a web page do with the user's password once it's obtained? Not
> much,


Go here and read the saga:
http://thecoffeedesk.com/news/index.php/2009/08/22/4chan-hacked-facebook-pictures/

They used the password from one site to hack into others.

One event like this on Canonical's record would be in the Microsoft press release for years to come.



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