Tag: Orkut
Google appealed on Thursday a federal judge’s order to turn over information on users of the company’s Orkut social-networking service.
Google insisted it already had complied with court requests to identify individuals accused of using Orkut to spread child pornography and engage in hate speech against blacks, Jews and homosexuals.
Thursday’s filing came on the court-imposed deadline for turning over users’ numeric Internet addresses, which can help identify the individuals. Risking daily fines of $23,000, Google argued, among...
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A researcher has exploited a security hole in Google Public Service Search to create an ingeniously deceptive phishing attack that looks like it's hosted on Google's domain.
http://www.google.com/u.../gplus
The fake service, Gmail Plus, which purports to be Gmail + Orkut, doesn't actually capture your user ID and password. Instead, it delivers a "You (could have) gotten served" message when you enter information into the sign-in form.
Eric Farraro discovered the exploit while adding a legitimate Google search box to a Web page at...
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The Brazilian unit of Google Inc., the operator of Orkut, the country's most-used online community site, was ordered by a Sao Paulo judge to turn over users' data from the service to prosecutors.
Judge Jose Marcos Lunardelli of the 17th District Federal Civil Court gave Google Brasil Internet Ltda. 15 days to comply with the order or face fines of $23,559 day. The ruling was disclosed on Brazil's Public Attorney's Office Web site.
Lunardelli granted the order after the prosecutors filed a lawsuit last month demanding information about...
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