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Old 09-24-2007, 12:55 PM
bulboy1@googlemail.com
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Default Identity theft

Anyone know of any identity theft issues relating to Gmail? Can
someone get hold of your identity and use it to contact my own
contacts?


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Old 10-07-2007, 03:18 PM
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On Sep 24, 5:55 am, bulb...@googlemail.com wrote:
> Anyone know of any identity theft issues relating to Gmail? Can
> someone get hold of your identity and use it to contact my own
> contacts?


I think you should be fine if you use a wired connection and if you
are using firefox with the "Better Gmail" plugin. It has an option to
force https connections.
Oh, and watch that machine because there is always the "Keep me logged
in" feature and "remember password" feature that most browsers have.

I have not heard of identity theft issues relating to gmail yet. You
can always download your contact list as a csv file and erase
everything in gmail.

If someone also knows your email address and they know who you are
contacting, they can always spoof email which is really easy to do off
of an open smtp relay. The majority of email users don't know how to
trace an email to see who it really came from.

hope this answers your questions.

Mello


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Old 10-15-2007, 11:03 PM
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Hey, if you're worried about identity theft in gmail, or just generally, I think that Zone Alarm Force Field might be a good program for you to try. i'm working with the company to find users that might benefit from it. Zone Alarm is a very reputable internet security company and our new browser-based program, Force Field, asks as a barrier between you and the internet, so keyloggeres, spyware, phishing, etc. can't get through to your computer. If you'd like to learn more or even try our free beta demo, it would be the perfect solution to your concerns.

Good luck to you!
~Lauren
www.zonealarm.com/forcefield
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Old 10-16-2007, 03:23 PM
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Default Re: Identity theft

"Straight Talk" <b__nice@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ouh8h35hfgq0mn6k6pflo28q2qdhjamgc2@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:03:00 -0400, zonealarmforcefield
> <zonealarmforcefield.2yj1ha@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote:


>>Good luck to you!

>
> He'll sure need it in the hands of clueless marketing guys.


Hey, don't be too hard on him. A lot of marketing types actually believe
this stuff.

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Old 10-16-2007, 04:46 PM
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Default Re: Identity theft

On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:18:20 -0000, Mello <carmelo.walsh@gmail.com> wrote:

>I think you should be fine if you use a wired connection and if you
>are using firefox with the "Better Gmail" plugin.


What's this "Better Gmail" plugin?

Tom

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