I found Google account is still accessible even if you closed web browser.

see more at [rhineblog.com/2009/02/google-account-is-still-accessible-after-closing-web-browser.html]

During my testing, it would only do this if you had more than one browser window open. You have to close them all to kill your session, which I think is reasonable.

That's why it's a good idea to sign out before closing the browser, especially on a public computer.

although-- i was just thinking with the release of this friend view / google latitude thing

so much more private information is stored in google accounts that they are becoming more and more valuable but the level of security is staying the same. isn't this a problem?

All public workstations should be configured to delete browsing history, cookies, cache etc. automatically when closing browser (I'm talking about FF3.x...)

Technically it is posible for Google to detect if a window/tab is closed and logout if every window/tab is closed.

What would be handy if you could set an extra level of security on some labels. So you would have to re-enter your password if you want to read those e-mails.

And Google could auto-detect e-mails which are dangerous like password-reset e-mails.

If someone would crab my computer he/she has access to all my accounts on the internet, my domains, profiles, private picasa albums, everything.

I do not think i am really that important that anyone would want to do something like that, and i don't have any enemies....