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Yep, adding random invites by email to the document in hopes someone reads it. Spam over google drive instead of email basically.
by kuroguro 6y ago
Yep, adding random invites by email to the document in hopes someone reads it. Spam over google drive instead of email basically.
- zhte415 6y agoI don't use Google Drive, so perhaps a naive question: If someone clicks on the link, is/are the author(s) of the document able to see who the reader is? If so this seems like a huge vector to increase the spammers 'signal' ratio to target specific individuals (people that click through stuff and their potential interests - finance, porn, gardening, who knows).
- robjan 6y agoThey can if you are signed in using the same Google Account that was invited to the document
- zhte415 6y agoWow. Most potential targets, perhaps not an average HN reader, would stay logged in because of the convenience of accessing GMail and/or YouTube, and perhaps other services. This seems a dangerously effective vector for targetted phishing.
- itsoktocry 6y ago>This seems a dangerously effective vector for targetted phishing. How is it any different than email phishing?