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The occasional disconnect there isn't surprising at all. Whichever group at Google works on anti-phishing attacks probably has rules like "does it say it's comi
by CobrastanJorji 5y ago
The occasional disconnect there isn't surprising at all. Whichever group at Google works on anti-phishing attacks probably has rules like "does it say it's coming from Google, does it look like a Google email, is there a picture of a Google logo, does it talk about your account, did a whole bunch of emails that look just like this one just get sent to a bunch of gmail users," etc. Legitimate emails from Google trip pretty much all of those alarms, and it makes a lot of sense to lean on the side of "phishing warning" if you're not sure. Plus, those teams are probably pretty far from each other on a big corporate organizational tree. Seems like a very reasonable sort of mistake to make.
- natch 5y agoThe teams don’t need to be close. The anti-phishing team is just not doing its job.
- creato 5y agoOr maybe parts of google are sending emails that look too much like phishing. It wouldn’t be the first time my personal phishing meter triggered on some corporate emails.
- natch 5y agoThey have been sending them for around 20 years. It's not like these are new emails. The phishing team has been flagging them for a few years now, not sure how long.
- natch 5y agoWhether it’s reasonable for them to make the mistake or not (see my other replies) the possible detrimental effect of this is summed up by the well-known “boy who cried wolf” story. So it’s a mistake they should fix.