Windows 8 contacts cache exposes personal data

JMH · May 13, 2012

New Windows 8 Forensics Guide shows how a lingering cache of automatically collected contacts are stored unencrypted on a Windows 8 client

As you probably know, Windows 8 connects with all sorts of networks, social and otherwise.
The Metro Mail app has built-in hooks for Hotmail, Gmail, and Exchange; Metro Photos links to Facebook and Flickr; the Metro People app (which stores contacts) can pull data from Hotmail, Gmail, Exchange, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
All you have to do is log on to Windows 8 with a Microsoft account, then go out and connect the online dots.

http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/windows-8-contacts-cache-exposes-personal-data-192542

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Windows 8 contacts cache exposes personal data

JMH

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