Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

9 of 109 comments (clear)

  1. Ctrl-alt-del by suso · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    1. Re:Ctrl-alt-del by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      /slowclap Bravo

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

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

      --

      Geek used to be a four letter word. Now it's a six-figure one.
    3. Re:Ctrl-alt-del by Yetihehe · · Score: 4, Funny

      On the other hand I post very rarely and sometimes I have mod points even when I don't post. Maybe somehow slashdot also sends mod points to wrong users?

      --
      Extreme Programming - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Developers
  2. Bigbama watching yall chats yo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    > GMail Chat/GTalk Sending Chats To Wrong Recipients

    You mean besides the NSA?

  3. Google = buggy by scottbomb · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm often amazed by how buggy Google software is. They have more money than they know what to do with and yet they put out some of the buggiest software. Google Drive is a disaster. I love Google Earth and use it daily but it crashed about 3 times yesterday. Maybe they should invest some of that money in quality control.

    1. Re:Google = buggy by geek · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I'm often amazed by how buggy Google software is. They have more money than they know what to do with and yet they put out some of the buggiest software. Google Drive is a disaster. I love Google Earth and use it daily but it crashed about 3 times yesterday. Maybe they should invest some of that money in quality control.

      I was saying this same thing a couple weeks ago to a friend. Google software is notoriously bad in quality. They have what seems to be zero QA and just release everything as beta. That was great when they were solely a tech company targeting the tech savy but they are mainstream now and targeting everyone.

      I honestly can't think of anything of theirs that isn't buggy as hell. Nice tech but the user experience is very low for a company that prides itself on the quality of its engineers.

    2. 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.

      --
      "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
  4. Beta by Frankie70 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Such bugs are usually there in Beta releases. This will be fixed in the Production Release.