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February 20, 2006

Google Desktop 3 may pose security risk, Gartner warns

As reported by Computerworld, Gartner warns the latest version of Google Desktop poses security risks, as Google's servers may store an index of the files contained on the workstation where it is installed.

The workaround is to install the enterprise version, which lets IT administrators decide which features should be enabled or not (using GPOs).

Likewise, an enterprise version exists for the latest version of Google Toolbar (still in beta), and lets IT admins deactivate sensitive functions (i.e. PageRank display or AutoFill).

Posted by Laurent in Companies and Products, Confidentiality, Data Privacy, Google, Security, Workstation on February 20, 2006 6:02 PM | | Comments (0)

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