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1. Comment - Security Flaw Exposes 35 Million AOL Accounts

   (Jan 24, 2003 - 2:33 PM)

   Well, From what I have seen from the article and post I am saddened by this a bit. Given the only flaw there at this time is the cookie that is in the system that remembers the name and password on the computer when you login. dose this give full access to account info or give you the ability to hack the system the answer is no. For those who claim that it is easy to hack well if you say so. Cause with those who know enough can put a mail box password which you would have to enter for extra security. Cause no account info would be transmitted through the mail that would cover passwords or billing information. So given access to the mail box itself you would not be able to view vital information other than mail and personally anyone who would send there information through the mail is stupid. And calm down about the messaging thing by the time icq itself had begun to grow and people where beginning to use it more in the US AOL had already begun to control it and eventually bought it out. With views on the topic of accounts being exposed it really isn't the only thing that is the mail is. For all the messaging on the net if someone that pays for the service wants the name that someone who gets it for FREE well they can have it they pay for it they deserve it. If there is a problem it gets fixed AOL isn't like some services that have been hacked and had there main pages changed and been shut for hours if not days.