I recently received an email from Pownce telling me about a couple of new features, among them the introduction of RSS feeds for all messages, both public and private. Apparently the feed URL is secured only through adding an additional 8 character password, meaning that should anyone ever get their hands on the RSS feed URL, they would be able to read all my messages.
Even though for someone like me who still does only receive a fraction of the email notifications and could thus use this new feature as an alternative to be notified of new messages this might appear like a great feature at first, I find it a bit, say careless to offer such an option, as now it is potentially possible to read all my messages without having to log in.
Am I being paranoid here or would any of You agree that I just might have a valid point?
I love pownce's new friend importing features. Especially the ones for Flickr, Digg, Facebook and Twitter. But I don't know about the Gmail, AIM, and Hotmail importing. Is that really secure? When I log into gmail I get that padlock icon in the bottom right of my browser window. Don't see that on Pownce, or any other site that offers this kind of contact importing. I would love to understand the technical details.
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