![]() ![]() ![]() Google is looking at ways to improve trust signals when an invitation arrives from a generic or no-reply address in a way that does not dilute spam protection. That commitment, we're told, involves further adjustments to user controls and the expectation is that these tweaks will address at least some of the concerns raised by third-parties. ![]() We are committed to following best practices for keeping users safe, and also support interoperability and user choice for all apps." These efforts have already posted strong results, dramatically cutting back malicious calendar invites. We are committed to following best practices for keeping users safe, and also support interoperability and user choice for all appsĪdams argued that Google should have just left the default as it was and allowed people beset by spam to change their setting as needed.Ī Google spokesperson told The Register, "To reduce the risk our users face from unwanted calendar spam, we introduced a default in Calendar to safeguard users from unknown senders. We're working closely with our customers and partners to understand and mitigate the impact through product enhancements and education and will continue to provide updates as we evolve the platform."Īwotona expressed confidence that Calendly will be able to provide safe and secure scheduling automation. In a statement emailed to The Register, Calendly CEO and founder Tope Awotona said, "We're aware of the recent changes Google made to its users' default calendar settings to reduce spam and unwanted invites. It advises customers about the setting's changes and how to alter them. On Thursday, Calendly, a third-party appointment booking service, published a help center message about Google Calendar's new default. which they could easily manage for Google accounts using third-party booking software," he said. all under the guise of 'spam prevention'. "These moves are so blatantly anti-competitive and anti-consumer. The new default, said Adams, is causing major problems for Grain, where users book time and then miss appointments because the event never showed up in their calendar. Google's appointment scheduling only supports invitations from users, and not from generic or no-reply addresses, which isn't the case for many third-party services. That's not necessarily the case for third-party service providers that don't have as much access to Gmail identity data. Part of the issue may be that within an organization, all Workplace email addresses should be known, so any intra-company invitations would work for Google appointment scheduling. Google adds stronger encryption for some Gmail users, in beta.How was Google boss's 2022? He got paid $226M as stock awards kicked in.Don't Be Evil, a gaggle of Googlers tell CEO Pichai amid mega layoffs.Zoom adds email and calendar to its apps, to relieve the crushing burden of ALT-TAB.Their timing is suspicious and their explanations don't hold water." "We have better things to do than deal with anticompetitive nonsense. "My goal is to encourage Google to be decent and fix it," he told El Reg. He said he doesn't believe Google is being forthright about the situation But when he tried the same thing in Google's appointment scheduling system, it worked properly. Reached by phone, Adams said Grain uses Calendly internally and encountered problems with invitations after the setting change.
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