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The spam that's allowed to be sent through Google Docs @mentions has been horrendous lately. What's even worse is they only let you ban the individuals. You can

by cube00 4y ago

The spam that's allowed to be sent through Google Docs @mentions has been horrendous lately. What's even worse is they only let you ban the individuals. You can't turn off the notification email messages. Thankfully I'm about ready to close down my Gmail account (still stuck needing a Google account for now) but it's a good reminder of what I won't be missing when I finally get out. The risk of facing the "black hole" may be larger then you think. There's a person who posts a common "recovery how-to" in the support forums when people get locked out and that page got 83,878 views last month.

cptskippy 4y ago
I've never encountered this @mentions Spam, are they using it as some mechanism for verifying a Gmail account? I received a notification from Gmail the other day that "Someone added <made-up-email-address@my domain> as their recovery email.". And my only option was to disconnect the email. By disconnecting the email, I would be confirming to the account owner that the email landed in someone's inbox. By not confirming the email, I would be allowing my domain to be associated with a Gmail account potentially used for nefarious activity. Given Google's scorched earth approach to deactivating associated Google Accounts when it comes to things like the Play Store, I felt I needed to disconnect the account.
- cube00 4y ago
  Just for sending plain old spam because they know these notifications bypass a lot of the filtering. Removed the names in case they've come from hacked accounts. Google Drive > Random Name (randomcharactershere@gmail.com) has invited you to view the following document: Private__file-Nyela-(random characters) > If you don't want to receive files from this person, block the sender from Drive The painful part is the last bit, you can only block that single sender, you can't turn off all notifications. Google Docs > Random Name (randomcharactershere@gmail.com) mentioned you in a comment in the following document Direct_message_with_Salma > 1 comment > Random Name • 4:58 PM, Jul 11 Contact Helen and rate her request to date here https://morerandomcharacters.example/evenmoremorerandomcharacters https://morerandomcharacters.example/evenmoremorerandomchara... Google Docs has the same problem, you follow the link to turn it off and you end up at: > Notification settings of myemailaddress@gmail.com for Direct_message_with_Salma So you can only ever disable notifications from that single document.
water-your-self 4y ago
Just start spamming executives with @google addresses and watch it get resolved quick
- LewisVerstappen 4y ago
  Or watch all your google accounts get disabled quick
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by cube00 4y ago

cptskippy 4y ago

I've never encountered this @mentions Spam, are they using it as some mechanism for verifying a Gmail account? I received a notification from Gmail the other day that "Someone added <made-up-email-address@my domain> as their recovery email.". And my only option was to disconnect the email. By disconnecting the email, I would be confirming to the account owner that the email landed in someone's inbox. By not confirming the email, I would be allowing my domain to be associated with a Gmail account potentially used for nefarious activity. Given Google's scorched earth approach to deactivating associated Google Accounts when it comes to things like the Play Store, I felt I needed to disconnect the account.

cube00 4y ago
Just for sending plain old spam because they know these notifications bypass a lot of the filtering. Removed the names in case they've come from hacked accounts. Google Drive > Random Name (randomcharactershere@gmail.com) has invited you to view the following document: Private__file-Nyela-(random characters) > If you don't want to receive files from this person, block the sender from Drive The painful part is the last bit, you can only block that single sender, you can't turn off all notifications. Google Docs > Random Name (randomcharactershere@gmail.com) mentioned you in a comment in the following document Direct_message_with_Salma > 1 comment > Random Name • 4:58 PM, Jul 11 Contact Helen and rate her request to date here https://morerandomcharacters.example/evenmoremorerandomcharacters https://morerandomcharacters.example/evenmoremorerandomchara... Google Docs has the same problem, you follow the link to turn it off and you end up at: > Notification settings of myemailaddress@gmail.com for Direct_message_with_Salma So you can only ever disable notifications from that single document.

water-your-self 4y ago

Just start spamming executives with @google addresses and watch it get resolved quick

LewisVerstappen 4y ago
Or watch all your google accounts get disabled quick
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