Told the owners that if Google is already being difficult during signup, imagine being locked out later with client work on the line. Pulled up a few horror stories about Google lockouts to drive the point home. They ended up with another workspace solution.
What does this mean? The scanning a QR code and sending a text message from this article, or something else?
More info here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665414
- using legitimate sites to bypass filters, like sending you a bill through a legitimate bill-creation site
- pretending to be a tracking service for something you supposedly ordered, then over the course of days pretending the package got lost on the way and offering a discount code for the 'purchased' amount, expecting you to use it on their phising site.
Gmail not only fails at spam classification, they classify this messages as important and nag you with first priority notifications and summaries.
The fact that they're introducing QR/SMS/MMS/whatever they want is actually a great signal, because it will significantly harm the customer experience, which will result in the growth of responsible paid email services.
My comment, as per subject, is about Google Mail.
It's like saying that the government has outsourced burger making to McDonalds.
Does anyone have a better source of information than this one forum comment from someone who thinks scanning a QR code is enough to get your phone to send a text message?
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