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>All it does is fool a bunch of less-tech-savvy people into a false sense of security. Nonsense, it does a great job of discouraging people from forwarding, co

by FDSGSG 7y ago

>All it does is fool a bunch of less-tech-savvy people into a false sense of security. Nonsense, it does a great job of discouraging people from forwarding, copying, printing or downloading the emails contents. Sure, it'll do nothing with a malicious recipient but incompetent recipients are vastly more common than malicious recipients.

hitpointdrew 7y ago
You have to be a special kind of stupid to not be able to get around this "security".
- FDSGSG 7y ago
  Who cares? This isn't supposed to stop anyone from intentionally doing bad things, this is supposed to make people stop and think "Huh, maybe I'm just not supposed to forward this email" It's really bizarre that so many people on HN can't seem to understand this. Do you guys ever interact with other human beings?
  - veidr 7y ago
    That's an outlandish take, because it's entirely divorced from what Google is claiming. If they were saying, "this feature makes it clear to your employees that they shouldn't forward this email" then this entire HN thread would not exist.
    - tdb7893 7y ago
      This article is put out by a competitor. Also a significant portion of people on HN really don't like big tech companies (which is fair but besides the point here) so I would've been more surprised if there was nuances conversation about it here.
- erichurkman 7y ago
  I think of it less as stopping people from 'getting around' the 'security' and more an extra level of protection & awareness against accidental forwards or replies. It can't stop malicious actors, of course.
- UncleMeat 7y ago
  Friction matters. You don't need to be smart to break a door lock, but people still lock their doors.
snug 7y ago
Really, it keeps honest people honest, it's like a lock on a gate, anyone can get around it, but if they see that it's locked (or they can't forward a message) then they won't try to circumvent. I don't see why it's so hard for some to understand this

by FDSGSG 7y ago

hitpointdrew 7y ago

You have to be a special kind of stupid to not be able to get around this "security".

FDSGSG 7y ago
Who cares? This isn't supposed to stop anyone from intentionally doing bad things, this is supposed to make people stop and think "Huh, maybe I'm just not supposed to forward this email" It's really bizarre that so many people on HN can't seem to understand this. Do you guys ever interact with other human beings?
- veidr 7y ago
  That's an outlandish take, because it's entirely divorced from what Google is claiming. If they were saying, "this feature makes it clear to your employees that they shouldn't forward this email" then this entire HN thread would not exist.
  - tdb7893 7y ago
    This article is put out by a competitor. Also a significant portion of people on HN really don't like big tech companies (which is fair but besides the point here) so I would've been more surprised if there was nuances conversation about it here.
erichurkman 7y ago
I think of it less as stopping people from 'getting around' the 'security' and more an extra level of protection & awareness against accidental forwards or replies. It can't stop malicious actors, of course.
UncleMeat 7y ago
Friction matters. You don't need to be smart to break a door lock, but people still lock their doors.

snug 7y ago

Really, it keeps honest people honest, it's like a lock on a gate, anyone can get around it, but if they see that it's locked (or they can't forward a message) then they won't try to circumvent. I don't see why it's so hard for some to understand this