New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why would Google email me a data export for a different account?
Ask HN: Why would Google email me a data export for a different account?
5 by rvzx | 5 comments on Hacker News.
This afternoon I got an email that my google data archive was ready. I didn't ask for a data archive. I checked google takeout and it didn't list any completed exports. I looked at the email and it seemed legitimate with one exception: when I looked at the link for downloading the data the url had the wrong email address in the query string. After looking into this for a bit I then noticed that I also received an email from google about restoring access to a google account (that I received because someone provided this as the contact email address for an appeal, according to the email). I can understand how the email about appealing for access might happen, but how/why would I receive an email about a data archive for the wrong account? Has anyone seen something like this before? It's like someone thinks my email address is one of theirs? I've changed my password just in case and am looking into how to report this to google. Any next steps you'd recommend?
5 by rvzx | 5 comments on Hacker News.
This afternoon I got an email that my google data archive was ready. I didn't ask for a data archive. I checked google takeout and it didn't list any completed exports. I looked at the email and it seemed legitimate with one exception: when I looked at the link for downloading the data the url had the wrong email address in the query string. After looking into this for a bit I then noticed that I also received an email from google about restoring access to a google account (that I received because someone provided this as the contact email address for an appeal, according to the email). I can understand how the email about appealing for access might happen, but how/why would I receive an email about a data archive for the wrong account? Has anyone seen something like this before? It's like someone thinks my email address is one of theirs? I've changed my password just in case and am looking into how to report this to google. Any next steps you'd recommend?
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