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Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files with me?

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Re: Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files with me?

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Post by tgsovlerkhgsel »

malux85 wrote: post #233
WrtCdEvrydy wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but for every person I tell that they had a data breach causing them to phish their customers through calendar, I can poison 50 people in each organization, then they can poison 50 and so forth... let's call it exponential growth of the DELL-20 coronavirus.

And each of those 10 successes tells 50, Don’t you get it?! They wouldn’t do it if it didn’t work, and you are vastly outnumbered. It’s not right, it’s bloody annoying, but it’s there and it’s not going away. Google needs to fix the root problem, so that the spammy behaviour is not possible.

I'm not claiming that you're wrong because I don't have any data to the contrary, but "They wouldn’t do it if it didn’t work" isn't a strong argument. It's only true assuming rational actors and perfect information.

It is quite possible that the successes are more visible than the failures and thus it seems like it works. Or it "works" for the sales rep because he gets more leads and thus a bigger bonus, while hurting the company - but the company hasn't figured that out yet. Or it works in the short term but isn't worth the reputation damage in the long term.

Of course it's also possible that it just works, just pointing out that reality shows that people and companies often do things that are just stupid.

Re: Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files with me?

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Post by tgsovlerkhgsel »

reaperducer wrote: post #239
kstrauser wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds like an excellent way to make me ban all inbound traffic from that vendor.

It's going directly from the vendor to Google. How exactly would you block that traffic?

You may not be able to block the calendar spam with current tools, but if you're in a decision-making role, you can block e-mails or blacklist the vendor so your purchasing department knows that they cannot order from them.

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Post by reaperducer »

rrdharan wrote: post #142
arthurcolle wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I asked why I couldnt download old emails between when I started the Gmail Pro or whatever subscription and then subscription lapsed and the genius bootlickers on Support duty said "well its your fault for not continuing to pay, what do you expect?" Of course the data is available to download if I pay, but my previous 2 years of payment didn't count. (mysterious) Will literally never pay Google for anything ever…

Forever is a very long time (and therefore a very bold claim for any SaaS app to make). See also "lifetime passes".

See also "lifetime passes".

And SiriusXM "lifetime subscriptions."

Re: Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files with me?

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Post by quickthrower2 »

aahhahahaaa wrote: post #201
Avamander wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've recently started getting spam via various service providers' password reset e-mails. "Hi buy this pill quick and cheap from http://here* , you requested a password reset" Hhhhhhrrrrgh

Oh wow that's even better than analytics referrer spam.

I suspect there are bots that go looking for forms to fill in without knowing what the context is, i.e. they'll target anything with an input tag.

Re: Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files with me?

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Post by phs318u »

4kevinking wrote: post #35
fpgaminer wrote: post #25

Related to this bug, some time ago I started getting spam on my Google Calendar. Not sure if Google ever fixed it, but basically Google would automatically add events to your calendar when you got an invite in your email. Honestly, it's a nice feature; saves a couple clicks every time I get an invite. The bug is that it applied even if the email was spam. There was no workaround, other than disabling the feature comp…

I'm actually getting this spam now (started a couple months ago). Would love advice on how to get rid of it!

> Would love advice on how to get rid of it!

This will sound facetious, but I mean it sincerely. Change email provider. I was an original "invite only" user of GMail. Eventually, I got so sick of Google's complete u-turn on their original philosophy that I changed, despite the cost in time and effort that decision entailed. It's worth it. But I will recommend you choose providers carefully. If you're not paying for it in some way (e.g. Fastmail), be concerned. Also, the ability to use your own domain is a huge boon (you'll never have to go through the excessive email-change pain again).

Re: Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files with me?

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Post by ergocoder »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #5

> Keep getting spam shared on an account I don't use much, but keep getting notifications. Not fun when my 9 yo son is on my phone and a notification pops up that someone shared "eat my pussy baby". Google needs to address this. Oh. That's bad.

I remember when Google's facial recognized black people as gorillas.

They fixed it very quickly.

Showing "eat my pussy baby" to a young kid is obviously not as bad. /s

Re: Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files with me?

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Post by llama9000 »

I've never had the misfortune of having so many file sharings directed at my gmail, but if it happens to me this is what I'd do:

1) Create a filter to archive all file sharing messages + send to spam folder. You will have to check spam when you're expecting a file share later on though.

2) Turn off Gmail/GDrive notifications on your phone. I'd habitually check my mail regularly anyway. Someone wants me urgently could have a dozen other ways to ping me.

Re: Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files with me?

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Post by rnotaro »

dzonga wrote: post #206

im a google one user. & will admit only pay, because it's a steal for the price. no other service offered 100gb for $20 a year.but yeah, google software quality is quite poor. wonder, why all those engineers doing leetcode interviews can't make quality products.

I wish I could use my own domain with GOne.

I'm using GSuite for my private domain after having too much reputations / emails reaching spams issues.

Somehow it was getting worst over the years and 1+ of 10 emails were ending into spam. :(

Re: Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files with me?

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Post by square_usual »

toss1 wrote: post #213
fpgaminer wrote: post #25

Related to this bug, some time ago I started getting spam on my Google Calendar. Not sure if Google ever fixed it, but basically Google would automatically add events to your calendar when you got an invite in your email. Honestly, it's a nice feature; saves a couple clicks every time I get an invite. The bug is that it applied even if the email was spam. There was no workaround, other than disabling the feature comp…

Another lovely Google feature that lasted for about 10sec. after I discovered it: Booked a flight, got the receipt through Gmail. Google then auto-populated my calendar with the flights - fine. They also populated it with a hotel reservation, and a link saying I hadn't yet confirmed the reservation for Hilton. I was going to stay with family, w/no intention of staying in a hotel. I couldn't believe the blatant hijack…

This must be fairly recent, because about a year ago I bought tickets, got a receipt in my gmail, and it didn't try to upsell me a hotel.

Re: Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files with me?

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Post by MrQuincle »

reaperducer wrote: post #238
rpeden wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That really hasn’t been my experience when working alongside sales people at the companies I’ve worked for. I definitely wouldn’t call any of them sales droids. Usually they’re just given really tough goals and quotas to hit. And while none of the salespeople I’ve worked with would book unsolicited appointments, I could see it happening at companies who don’t have a very mature sales org and just throw their account…

That really hasn’t been my experience when working alongside sales people at the companies I’ve worked for. I'll outweigh your anecdote with mine, because the only two companies where I had to work with sales people, in both places the sales people were exactly as the parent described. One cheated on his bride-to-be just to make a sale.

How would cheating make you a sale? I don't see the causality.
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