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Re: Tell HN: Google Cloud lets anyone add you to a project without your permission

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Post by sph »

onphonenow wrote: post #88
estebarb wrote: post #77

I open a ticket exactly 6 years and 1 day ago regarding exactly this same issue: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/35903415?pli=1 . Guess that they will never fix it.

This is what I don’t get about google. I was all in on their ecosystem but then things like google speakers not working with google work calendars despite thousands of requests for 5 plus years. Meanwhile Amazon added feature to echo quickly. Then stuff like this, they just do not care / have any kind of a customer focus

What I don't get is people that keep signing up to Google services or hosting their apps on Google Cloud.

Of all the software vendors out there, Google is the last one I'd use, and I certainly wouldn't rely them to run my business.

Re: Tell HN: Google Cloud lets anyone add you to a project without your permission

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Post by kngspook »

foreverCarlos wrote: post #86
jasonjayr wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's not good enough, they relate multiple accounts too, sometimes incorrectly. IIRC a company got their project booted from the play store, because one of the developers accounts got a black mark.

I don’t think Google will resort to matching my accounts by IP address or some fingerprinting technique. In any case, I am in the process of migrating off Gmail too, it just takes a lot of effort. But to your point, I should probably also download all my gmail data and archive it just in case.

Google Takeout is actually reasonably robust. I create/download one of those fairly regularly.

Re: Tell HN: Google Cloud lets anyone add you to a project without your permission

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Post by john_the_writer »

Ephil012 wrote: post #85
kelnos wrote: post #50

If this seems like a project that this other company actually uses for anything important, you could start doing things like deleting random cloud resources, like compute instances, storage buckets, etc. (I guess it depends on what permissions they granted your account, though.) That'll definitely get their attention, since they seem to be ignoring your emails. There's risk, though, whenever you do something that loo…

In my case, I can’t even do that. They added me but with view only permissions. Plus I don’t want to do it as it’s unethical

If you have their email address, perhaps you could add events to their google calendar reminding them to remove you. A quick search of linked-in might give you other staff members, and you could repeat the effort.

Re: Tell HN: Google Cloud lets anyone add you to a project without your permission

#107

Post by isbvhodnvemrwvn »

onphonenow wrote: post #88
estebarb wrote: post #77

I open a ticket exactly 6 years and 1 day ago regarding exactly this same issue: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/35903415?pli=1 . Guess that they will never fix it.

This is what I don’t get about google. I was all in on their ecosystem but then things like google speakers not working with google work calendars despite thousands of requests for 5 plus years. Meanwhile Amazon added feature to echo quickly. Then stuff like this, they just do not care / have any kind of a customer focus

Can't get a promo for stuff like that. A version of Goodhart's law.

Re: Tell HN: Google Cloud lets anyone add you to a project without your permission

#108

Post by nicbou »

onphonenow wrote: post #88
estebarb wrote: post #77

I open a ticket exactly 6 years and 1 day ago regarding exactly this same issue: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/35903415?pli=1 . Guess that they will never fix it.

This is what I don’t get about google. I was all in on their ecosystem but then things like google speakers not working with google work calendars despite thousands of requests for 5 plus years. Meanwhile Amazon added feature to echo quickly. Then stuff like this, they just do not care / have any kind of a customer focus

Perhaps they need what Rory Sutherland called a Chief Detail Officer. Everyone is preoccupied by issues that are roughly the size of their team and budget. Few people are concerned by the little things that make or break a user's experience.

Re: Tell HN: Google Cloud lets anyone add you to a project without your permission

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Post by [deleted] »

sph wrote: post #101
onphonenow wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is what I don’t get about google. I was all in on their ecosystem but then things like google speakers not working with google work calendars despite thousands of requests for 5 plus years. Meanwhile Amazon added feature to echo quickly. Then stuff like this, they just do not care / have any kind of a customer focus

What I don't get is people that keep signing up to Google services or hosting their apps on Google Cloud. Of all the software vendors out there, Google is the last one I'd use, and I certainly wouldn't rely them to run my business.

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Re: Tell HN: Google Cloud lets anyone add you to a project without your permission

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Post by [deleted] »

nicbou wrote: post #108
onphonenow wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is what I don’t get about google. I was all in on their ecosystem but then things like google speakers not working with google work calendars despite thousands of requests for 5 plus years. Meanwhile Amazon added feature to echo quickly. Then stuff like this, they just do not care / have any kind of a customer focus

Perhaps they need what Rory Sutherland called a Chief Detail Officer. Everyone is preoccupied by issues that are roughly the size of their team and budget. Few people are concerned by the little things that make or break a user's experience.

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