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Re:Ask HN: Google Doc email virus? by AstralStorm on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:27AM (#14263170)
It is not quite a virus, it works more akin to a trojan and exploits people not thinking about what they're clicking.

In 10s, why would Google docs ask for an oAuth prompt with big permissions?

People click through security dialogs, it is a known fact.

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Re:Ask HN: Google Doc email virus? by SonOfLilit on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:17AM (#14264233)
Funny that you'd ask that, as when developing Google Script automation scripts, Google Docs asks for exactly that.

(Of course, this is a different situation and all, and there is a lot of sense in your comment that mine doesn't at all invalidate.)

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