Are Your "Google Gadgets" Opening Back Doors Onto Your Customers' Computers?

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By producing a popular gadget you can distribute your code to millions of users practically overnight. Most gadgets are designed to gather data from the Web and then present that data to the user. In order to enable this functionality, Google Gadgets support a rich programming model based on based on JavaScript and the Gadgets' API. Unfortunately, rich platforms tend to lead to programming errors and security issues. The user of a poorly written gadget can have their online accounts breached, Web site passwords compromised, local computer data stolen and even lose control of their computer. This presentation, via code snippets, flow diagrams and other means, discusses how to write a gadget that avoids these pitfalls.

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