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  File-hosting Sites Not a Safe Haven For Private Data

  Posted: May 9th, 2011, 1:46am CEST by timothy

  Tags:  security  

  An anonymous reader tips a story at the Register, according to which "Academic researchers say they've uncovered weaknesses in dozens of the most popular file hosting sites that allow people to gain unauthorized access to data that's supposed to be available only to those selected by the user."

  Read more of this story at Slashdot.