***** How Google Supports Dangerous Phishing Email Attacks *****
#Google #Gmail has become one of the largest sources of dangerous phishing attacks: Emails claiming fake charges, relating to PayPal, Norton, Bitcoin, and many other products and services. They are flooding non-Gmail email services and coming directly from Google email servers.
The whole point of these is to get the recipient to call a provided phone number to have the "charge" removed. Of course for these phishes there was no actual charge -- but the "customer service" folks will ask for financial information and/or try convince busy, nontechie users to download software that gives the phishers control of their systems for even more pervasive attacks.
GOOGLE COULD EASILY STOP THESE, BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO SO!
These phishes have characteristics that Google could easily use to identify them and block them from being sent, especially to non-Gmail destinations. But Google refuses to act, putting vast numbers of email recipients at risk every day.
When all they seem to care about anymore is their misinformation-spewing generative AI, I suppose it's not surprising that Google seems to be just letting Gmail turn into a dangerous nightmare for the rest of the Net.
Google's old motto, "Don't Be Evil", is just a memory.
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