Watch Out With Metadata In Vista

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited December 2005 in Science & Tech
Windows Vista will improve search functionality on a PC by letting users tag files with metadata, but those tags could cause unwanted and embarrassing information disclosure, Gartner analysts have warned.
"This opens up the possibility of the inadvertent disclosure of this metadata to other users inside and outside of your organization," Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald wrote in a research note published on Thursday.
Source: News.com

Comments

  • BLuKnightBLuKnight Lehi, UT Icrontian
    edited December 2005
    <sarcasm>Whoa... Microsoft would release a product that would disclose unwanted and embarrasing information? This will be a first.</sarcasm>
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