I was logged into my gmail account and after visiting this site, without signing up for anything I get a welcome email, WTF?
ish, same here. Marked as spam...
Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping
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Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping
#12I was logged into my gmail account and after visiting this site, without signing up for anything I get a welcome email, WTF?
That's not the expected behavior. We use Google Accounts for Sign In, but it should present you with a window that says "sign in to wattvision" and ask you for your password again, even if you are already logged in to Gmail. We'll confirm / try to repro on our end. Any other info you have is appreciated.
UPDATE: We definitely want to fix this, we do not want to surprise or inadvertently sign up users. That's not our intention and we're not that kind of company!
UPDATE 2: Ok it looks like Google has updated their "federated login" http://code.google.com/apis/accounts/docs/OpenID.html since we implemented our login system, so we'll check against that and see what's up?
If anyone from Google is reading this and can comment/help, please email us at founders@wattvision.com.
Thanks!
Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping
#13I was logged into my gmail account and after visiting this site, without signing up for anything I get a welcome email, WTF?
That's not the expected behavior. We use Google Accounts for Sign In, but it should present you with a window that says "sign in to wattvision" and ask you for your password again, even if you are already logged in to Gmail. We'll confirm / try to repro on our end. Any other info you have is appreciated. UPDATE: We definitely want to fix this, we do not want to surprise or inadvertently sign up users. That's not our…
Thats not how it is working. I clicked "Sign In" and was immediately logged into your site.
Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping
#14I was logged into my gmail account and after visiting this site, without signing up for anything I get a welcome email, WTF?
How is that even possible? So if I'm signed into my gmail, a site can detect my email address? This seems like a huge privacy bug on googles behalf if this is actually happening.
Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping
#15I was logged into my gmail account and after visiting this site, without signing up for anything I get a welcome email, WTF?
That's not the expected behavior. We use Google Accounts for Sign In, but it should present you with a window that says "sign in to wattvision" and ask you for your password again, even if you are already logged in to Gmail. We'll confirm / try to repro on our end. Any other info you have is appreciated. UPDATE: We definitely want to fix this, we do not want to surprise or inadvertently sign up users. That's not our…
My navigation was:
- home page - /house - /info/sensors - /house/add
I went to the last page because I was curious that you had to register _before_ buying.
At this last page I saw my gmail username pre-populated in the form automatically which freaked me out (I didn't even know grabbing a visitor's google account name was possible) and I closed the page, I did not submit (voluntarily) any info. Then within a couple of minutes I got in my gmail account a welcome email.
I think this is way worse than spam, fix asap.
Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping
#16Do the WattVision guys have plans to create sensors that can replace light switches and receptacles? Perhaps with wireless mesh networking? That would be sweet :~).
Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping
#17Has that sensor been tested in winter conditions? I know my power meter usually ends up having a foot of snow on it for most of the winter.
Yes, it has. The sensor survived the harsh winter storm that dumped a couple feet of snow last winter in the Northeast.
What about other forms of harsh winter conditions - extremely low temperatures (including wind chill)?
Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's not the expected behavior. We use Google Accounts for Sign In, but it should present you with a window that says "sign in to wattvision" and ask you for your password again, even if you are already logged in to Gmail. We'll confirm / try to repro on our end. Any other info you have is appreciated. UPDATE: We definitely want to fix this, we do not want to surprise or inadvertently sign up users. That's not our…
Thats not how it is working. I clicked "Sign In" and was immediately logged into your site.
Same for me.
Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's not the expected behavior. We use Google Accounts for Sign In, but it should present you with a window that says "sign in to wattvision" and ask you for your password again, even if you are already logged in to Gmail. We'll confirm / try to repro on our end. Any other info you have is appreciated. UPDATE: We definitely want to fix this, we do not want to surprise or inadvertently sign up users. That's not our…
Thats not how it is working. I clicked "Sign In" and was immediately logged into your site.
Same here.
Re: Wattvision (YC W09) Now Shipping
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's not the expected behavior. We use Google Accounts for Sign In, but it should present you with a window that says "sign in to wattvision" and ask you for your password again, even if you are already logged in to Gmail. We'll confirm / try to repro on our end. Any other info you have is appreciated. UPDATE: We definitely want to fix this, we do not want to surprise or inadvertently sign up users. That's not our…
My navigation was: - home page - /house - /info/sensors - /house/add I went to the last page because I was curious that you had to register _before_ buying. At this last page I saw my gmail username pre-populated in the form automatically which freaked me out (I didn't even know grabbing a visitor's google account name was possible) and I closed the page, I did not submit (voluntarily) any info. Then within a couple…
Confirmed: I just replicated this behavior.