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Laurence is a hacker who simply wants to make the world a better place. He is currently studying in NUS School of Computing, and is particularly passionate in the fields of Distributed Systems and Computer Security. In his free time, he hacks out tools to solve his personal pain points, including Instasyncer. More about him over at Geeksphere.net.

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Dropmyemail not a secure way to back up your email? (Dropmyemail responds)

September 27, 2012 by  

Note: Scroll down to see Dropmyemail’s response to the article.

Dropmyemail

A couple of weeks ago, the internet was abuzz with news about how Whatsapp was insecure and users should not be using it.

I did a bit of checking and found that a couple of local startups may have potential security problems as well. In the field of computer security, one of the biggest no-nos is to store a user’s password in a way that could be regenerated easily, either by the system administrator, or by rogue hackers on the internet.

And as it turns out, a local startup, Dropmyemail, is a gold mine for such attacks. Read more

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