Google Patches Desktop Search Flaw

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Web search powerhouse Google has acknowledged—and patched—a security vulnerability in its desktop search utility.Read more here http://www.seotalk.biz/archives/2004...p-search-flaw/

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Google said Monday that it has fixed a security flaw in its new desktop computer search tool that could have allowed attackers to read parts of files stored on a user's computer.

News of the vulnerability, uncovered by researchers at Rice University in Texas, underscores security and privacy concerns about the technology, which lets users search for information stored on their computer in much the same way they use Google's search engine to scan the Internet.