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I knew that you would handle the problem and it’s what you done, thank.

However, this is a beautiful example of the security threats that could rise when more than one systems are using together (and that are not necessarily build to interact together). It’s the responsibility of everybody to be aware of the risks, specially the one of users.

If we have one thing to remember of this story, I think it would be this.

Careful with that e-mail feed, Eugene

Do you use Gmail? Have you set up the ability to read your Gmail via an Atom feed?

Have you made the mistake of doing that in a Web-based RSS aggregator that lets you search other people’s feeds?
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I confirm that it’s always working. It seem that my subscription have been changed over the night for the “bloglines news” but I’m always able to see the username/password of such feed url.

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FYI, NewsGator Online has explicit support for feeds that require authentication, and you do NOT need to put the credentials in the URL as described here. In fact, you should definitely NOT put credentials into a URL, for the reasons you describe here and others. Just wanted to correct the point about NewsGator, though…since we have explicit support for authenticated feeds.

Thank alot for this comment. My point is not really to target any service. The point is to try say to users: wait, do not do everything without asking question… it’s sure that this new technology is really cool but depending how you use it, you could have some security/privacy problems.

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I’m a big fan of mindmaps and moleskins - I find mindmaps much more flexible and dynamic for notetaking, planning or just general doodling. I find it easier to go back to a mind map and add in or update than I cna on linear form notes. BTW the blog is geat only found it the other day

Yup, I completely agree with you. But I think that they have two different functions. I mean, mind maps a great for what you said. However, when you write an article, write and rewrite it, your brain will work differently and you’ll deepen the knowledge you have of your subject and root it into your mind. So, I think that the two methods are complementary. Mind maps are soo great for the investigation phase of your thinking

Thank a lot for your kind words. I’m always happy to see that this blog is not just useful to me but also others.