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Sunday, October 23, 2022

Security Misfeature Report for Google GMail

Had another little unpleasant surprise from Google today.

I wonder, how many would agree with me that this is a misfeature and reflects poorly on Google's changing attitudes towards privacy and security?

Here it is:



If you can't see the message, it says

It seems like you forgot to attach a file.

You wrote "is attached" in your message, but there are no files attached. Send anyway?

Cancel   OK

Seems convenient, doesn't it?

Let's think about this.

In case you missed it, here's what Gmail's deep inspection keyed on:


The sign is attached to the desk.

What do you think? Is Google going too far with this?