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GMail Chat/GTalk Sending Chats To Wrong Recipients

Posted by timothy on from the careful-who-sees-you-polishing-the-resume dept.

mystikkman writes "In what is a serious bug, GMail Chat/GTalk/Google Hangouts is sending messages to unintended recipients. ZDNet has confirmed first-hand that the glitch is present within Google Apps for Business accounts, including those that have not yet switched over to Google's new Hangouts platform. Messages appear to be visible on the mobile version of Hangouts. There are multiple reports of this issue."

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  1. Re:Ctrl-alt-del by SonicBurst · · Score: 4, Informative

    Whomever modded this offtopic needs to read the front page. And then mod it funny.

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  2. Re:Ctrl-alt-del by geek · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, that was a mistake, how many times have I accidentally rebooted Linux because I was trying to login to my windows vm.

    Comedy fucking gold. Bravo to you sir

  3. Re:Google = buggy by phantomfive · · Score: 5, Informative

    You shouldn't be surprised when they have engineers who publicly say things like "bugs are no big deal. They happen anyway, no matter how hard you try to prevent them, and somehow life goes on." (if you read the article you'll see he said "bugs are no big deal" in bold).

    So stop worrying. When Google Earth crashes, it's no big deal. The fact that a message intended for my girl friend got sent to my sister-in-law, no big deal.

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