Teenage Blogger Finds Gmail Hole

cpm80 wrote to mention the news that a 14 year old blogger has identified a security hole in the Gmail webmail service. From the Network World article: "He wrote that he was trying to e-mail JavaScript code from a Yahoo account to a G-mail account. The code will run in a preview pane, he wrote. But if the code is mailed from one Gmail account to another, it is filtered out, he said. Some visitors to the blog reported being able to replicate the findings, but others said later that they were not able to and that the supposed flaw had been fixed."

So the story is?

[Osrin]

Something happened, he is not sure what, and now nobody can replicate it.

Stuff that matters huh?

Dude, he's 14!

[TCQuad]

This error should have been reported to Google and the appropriate mailing lists, not posted on a blog. Fortunately, Google responded quickly to resolve the issue before it caused damage.

If this was a security expert or professional programmer or the like, I'd agree. But he's 14! Teenagers nowadays can barely open a door without first blogging about the experience. He saw something, he said he saw something. Now he gets a little recognition, Google fixes it and everyone goes home happy.

I thought teenagers. . .

[smooth wombat]

were good at finding holes to exploit. Any hole.

Er, wait. Scratch that. I'm thinking of something else.

So the attention grabber headline is...

[geobeck]

Teenage Computer Geek Finds Hole

Girlfriend says "Finally!"

Re:Outdated

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

So the fact that they ignored a security hole for two years and then botched the fix is unimportant, because it's fixed now?

Yeah! Yeah! Because... because Google are different OK?! They do NO EVIL! I mean "Don't be Evil", I mean, not like M$, I mean..... ....STOP DISSING GOOGLE!!!! They're cool and happy and good AJAX coders!!!!!! Better than others!!! They CAN'T Screw up!!!!!!!!!! This is a lie!!! WAS a lie!!! No Wait!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!

Re:So the attention grabber headline is...

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought that went more along the lines of..

Teenage Computer Geek Finds Hole

Girlfriend says "Not that hole! Pull it out! Pull it out!!"

Re:So the attention grabber headline is...

[Anonymous Coward]

Mom says, "He has a girlfriend? He hasn't been able to find any hole since birth."

Elements of Un-Style

[Icephreak1]

The kid's code might be deadly, but after reading his blog, I notice he can barely formulate a coherent English sentence.

- P

I stick my dick in blogs

[Anonymous Coward]

God I cant stand that fucking word!

Die pls!

Also he's 14, post pic pls!

Re:So the attention grabber headline is...

[Kirth Gersen]

In my experience, girls don't say that. They usually say:

"Are you in yet?"