Well, the first official post of the New Year (2007, for those that missed it), and its not good news :(
Apparently there is a vulnerability in GMail that lets people view your contacts list. So when you log in to GMail, a javascript file is cached that allows malicious scripts to be run. So if your logged into your GMail account and browsing the web, a malicious script can be run that calls the 'google' function and can retrieve your contacts list.
So be careful when using your GMail folks. Hopefully this gets fixed soon.
Read more at Engadget and Tech Reads
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