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sorry ... but this is likely a hoax maybe phishing. It's hosted on a sites.google.com account with the old google logo. Who is up-voting it? Can you give some m

by kgarten 13y ago

sorry ... but this is likely a hoax maybe phishing. It's hosted on a sites.google.com account with the old google logo. Who is up-voting it? Can you give some more information about the legitimacy of the event?

fnayr 13y ago
Well I hope not. I sent in my info. Thankfully nothing that isn't public anyway.
- kgarten 13y ago
  I'm pretty sure it's a hoax ... check there's no information about the event organizers. All forms etc. are from free google products (forms, drive maps) and at the stage right now it's highly unlikely in my opinion that google would host an iOS hackathon ;)
  - fnayr 13y ago
    I wonder what they would gain by this. And they would know how quickly it will get shut down by google. The most damaging info I gave them is a list of apps I've made. So, one more customer for me? Yay.
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- novum 13y ago
  Definitely seems sketchy to me. Particularly this line on the application form: Have you ever successfully released an app on the Apple Market? * The application form itself is an embedded Google Docs form with this unfortunate footer: This content is neither created nor endorsed by Google.
  - abraham 13y ago
    > The application form itself is an embedded Google Docs form with this unfortunate footer That is the footer of every single Google form regardless of if it's from Google or not.
morgante 13y ago
Definitely a hoax, but I highly doubt it's phishing. Nothing they can really gain from it. All in good fun?
- fnayr 13y ago
  Yeah looks like it. I guess I'm the only one who fell for it?
dubcanada 13y ago
It's very obviously not built by google. For starters the map is done wrong. The logo is old. I could go on but I think that is enough. But I also don't think it's a phishing attempt. What they "collect" is basic information that a simple first name last name google can return for most of the people who fill it out. And to top it all off, they have a radio button that says "By submitting this application you agree too ..." that actually has to be selected +_+
ewang1 13y ago
Hmm, but if you browse the older activities under "Recent Site Activity", two names pops up: Allyson Gee and Nilma Rubin... LinkedIn shows both of them as employees of Google.
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by kgarten 13y ago

fnayr 13y ago

Well I hope not. I sent in my info. Thankfully nothing that isn't public anyway.

kgarten 13y ago
I'm pretty sure it's a hoax ... check there's no information about the event organizers. All forms etc. are from free google products (forms, drive maps) and at the stage right now it's highly unlikely in my opinion that google would host an iOS hackathon ;)
- fnayr 13y ago
  I wonder what they would gain by this. And they would know how quickly it will get shut down by google. The most damaging info I gave them is a list of apps I've made. So, one more customer for me? Yay.
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novum 13y ago
Definitely seems sketchy to me. Particularly this line on the application form: Have you ever successfully released an app on the Apple Market? * The application form itself is an embedded Google Docs form with this unfortunate footer: This content is neither created nor endorsed by Google.
- abraham 13y ago
  > The application form itself is an embedded Google Docs form with this unfortunate footer That is the footer of every single Google form regardless of if it's from Google or not.

morgante 13y ago

Definitely a hoax, but I highly doubt it's phishing. Nothing they can really gain from it. All in good fun?

fnayr 13y ago
Yeah looks like it. I guess I'm the only one who fell for it?

dubcanada 13y ago

It's very obviously not built by google. For starters the map is done wrong. The logo is old. I could go on but I think that is enough. But I also don't think it's a phishing attempt. What they "collect" is basic information that a simple first name last name google can return for most of the people who fill it out. And to top it all off, they have a radio button that says "By submitting this application you agree too ..." that actually has to be selected +_+

ewang1 13y ago

Hmm, but if you browse the older activities under "Recent Site Activity", two names pops up: Allyson Gee and Nilma Rubin... LinkedIn shows both of them as employees of Google.

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