i'm an idiot: in gmail user.name@gmail.com = username@gmail.com

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theNEOone

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Apr 22, 2001
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I just sent out the following message:

Hi,

I'm just curious who this is. I registered user.name@gmail.com almost a year ago and only recently started using gmail on a regular basis. I toyed with the idea of using username@gmail.com (without the "period" in the middle) but realized that it was already taken.

So again, just a curious hello from someone one the internet with your same name.
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I was surprised that this same email showed up in my inbox. At first, I thought that I had mistyped the email address but it turns out that I didn't. Gmail left me an interesting note in the "To" field: (Yes, this is you. Learn more.)

I'm an idiot.


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imported_LoKe

Lifer
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This was a huge flaw in Gmail, if I recall. One could register the account without the period and gain access to your email.
 
sygyzy

sygyzy

Lifer
Oct 21, 2000
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Originally posted by: LoKe
This was a huge flaw in Gmail, if I recall. One could register the account without the period and gain access to your email.
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Not a flaw at all. This was never a problem. I dd gmail beta first wave (ie invites to certain blogger users) and even at that point it knew user.name = username. This is a FEATURE.
 
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imported_LoKe

Lifer
Jun 4, 2005
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Originally posted by: sygyzy
Originally posted by: LoKe
This was a huge flaw in Gmail, if I recall. One could register the account without the period and gain access to your email.
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Not a flaw at all. This was never a problem. I dd gmail beta first wave (ie invites to certain blogger users) and even at that point it knew user.name = username. This is a FEATURE.
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No. There was a security vulnerability allowing users to register an account with a period if one without already existed. GMail corrected this later on.
 
DanTMWTMP

DanTMWTMP

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Oct 7, 2001
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ahhahaha. i didn't know if it was real or not when someone mentioned it to me. Well, I suppose it is real then. :)


one has to take the shame for the benefit for all, no? :p
 
sygyzy

sygyzy

Lifer
Oct 21, 2000
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Originally posted by: LoKe
Originally posted by: sygyzy
Originally posted by: LoKe
This was a huge flaw in Gmail, if I recall. One could register the account without the period and gain access to your email.
Click to expand...

Not a flaw at all. This was never a problem. I dd gmail beta first wave (ie invites to certain blogger users) and even at that point it knew user.name = username. This is a FEATURE.
Click to expand...

No. There was a security vulnerability allowing users to register an account with a period if one without already existed. GMail corrected this later on.
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So you are saying they got the code right, and then created a security flaw afterward?

 
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imported_LoKe

Lifer
Jun 4, 2005
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Originally posted by: sygyzy
Originally posted by: LoKe
Originally posted by: sygyzy
Originally posted by: LoKe
This was a huge flaw in Gmail, if I recall. One could register the account without the period and gain access to your email.
Click to expand...

Not a flaw at all. This was never a problem. I dd gmail beta first wave (ie invites to certain blogger users) and even at that point it knew user.name = username. This is a FEATURE.
Click to expand...

No. There was a security vulnerability allowing users to register an account with a period if one without already existed. GMail corrected this later on.
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So you are saying they god the code right, and then created a security flaw afterward?
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No. The code was wrong to begin with, just no one noticed. Check the link above.

Some confusion is about, I may be mistaken.
 
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