If you have Network HotSync (provided on the CD that comes with your Visor) enabled on
your machine, and a malicious user knows your name (ex. John Smith), and the ip of
your machine (ex. 192.168.22.22, or jsmith.company.com), he can change the name on his
Visor to yours, do a Network hotsync with your ip, and download all of your email,
send email as you, and perform any function that you can.
There is no password or authentication of any kind. If I wanted to read my co-workers
email, or send a nasty message from him to his boss, all I would need to do is put his
name into my visor (Jim Beam), and do a network sync to jbeam.company.com.
I have contacted Handspring about this and have heard nothing back.
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Jay Austad
Network Administrator
CBS Marketwatch
612.817.1271
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://cbs.marketwatch.com
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