On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 14:19:24 -0500, Jim Frost wrote: >> 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. > >I'd think this would be true of the Palm too, since the software is >effectively the same. The only difference I've seen is the USB driver support and the fact that it creates its icons in a folder called "Handspring Desktop". Everything else (executable icon, splash screen, etc.) says Palm Computing or 3Com.
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