[ NNSquad ] Why The Attack on Buffer Was A Serious Wake-Up Call For The Web

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Why The Attack on Buffer Was A Serious Wake-Up Call For The Web

http://j.mp/HwYZdY  (Programmable Web)

   "End-users must also recognize that, despite the best intentions of
    those stakeholders and the imprimaturs of widely-used federated
    credentialing technologies like OAuth, there's no guarantee that their
    identities cannot be stolen and abused for impersonation.
    Vulnerabilities exist, especially as a result of the implementation
    decisions that vary from developer to developer and API provider to
    API provider."

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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