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Re:“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you op... by xxpor on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:42PM (#27611485)
I completely thought the email I got for this (for my personal Google app domain) was a phishing attempt. Why couldn't they have included the text in the email rather than some generic sketchy "You have a notification" nonsense?
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Re:“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you op... by dylan604 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:05PM (#27612214)
If there was a link that said "Click here to view your messages", then yeah, I'd agree it would sound like a phishing attempt.

If it was an email saying, "You have a notification" and you have to manually log in to see it, then there's less chance of you clicking on a phishing attempt. Also, if there's any personal/private/sensitive information, this method makes it unavailable over email.

Just shooting from the hip. It could also just be laziness.

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Re:“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you op... by hackmiester on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:14PM (#27613108)
Yeah, that's why it looked so phishy.

Exact text:

"Dear Google Workspace Administrator,

You have an important notification from Google Operations that requires your attention.

Sincerely, The Google Operations Team"

And then there is a clickable link: "Go to Alert Center"

This is the first time I have EVER heard of the Alert Center. So, I also assumed it was made up.

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Re:“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you op... by bombcar on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:30PM (#27612413)
You’re training users to click a “you have a notification” email that’s not easy to verify is legit.
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Re:“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you op... by lmm on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:40PM (#27612485)
You're training users to not click a link in an email, but rather log in from your homepage.
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Re:“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you op... by bombcar on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:20PM (#27612759)
It has a big “click here” button - at least this email did.

Yea better is to tell them to go login and provide no links.

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Re:“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you op... by jerryoftheyear on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:27PM (#27611885)
Yeah this one was pretty bad, I had the same reaction.
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