is it my computer, or is it b/c google is down?

This tells me that the Google Server with the list of every account was hacked and then every account was emailed (from random senders), but the same message.

It’s going to be such an annoyance now, since each of those GMail accounts are linked to my mobile. Geeez !!!

If GMail doesn’t acknowledge they had a security breach, then I believe there is a US law stating that they must tell users it has happened.

Fortunately for me I only use the GMail account for its email, not name, address, phone number, etc…. Wow if people have personal details like where they live, on there account along with their actual name, I can see identity theft ball getting rolling.

Wondering now who has all my (and yours) email address’

EndUserGee

Communication breakdown. I was actually referring to the title of my post that I linked (i.e., Is Google Doing Something Evil) and not this post.

Really? That a big surprise since the phones were the service impacted and don’t work during the outgage. “Have you checked email since it’s only a telephone outage and didn’t impact broadband data ?” “No — didn’t think of that.”

Another true story. About one month ago I loose telephone service during a thunderstorm on Friday evening. Since my broadband is indpendent of my ILEC I submit a repair request online on their web site. On Monday when I’m in town with my cell phone I call to ask about the status of repair. They ask “Why didn’t you call us when it went out on Friday?” “Because my phone wasn’t working.” “Well then how are you calling us now?” “From another phone — my cell phone.” “Why didn’t you call us with your cell phone on Friday?” “My cell phone doesn’t work at home.” “How do you know it was the phone service that went out and not the power?” “Well, let’s see. It’s probably because the problem was with phone service and not power.” “Doesn’t your phone use electricity?” “Well yes, technically it does, but in this case that electricity is in the local loop from YOU…” ….. goes on and on… haliarious.

They did a reasonable job communicating that they were on the case – it must have been a tricky failure as they didn’t claim to have the cause identified until well into the evening.

This is one of the reasons why i like your posts. You always write what is correct. No matter if it is google( a big guy ) or a small guy!.

Thanks, Nag

Btw, Amazon S3 has had downtime, Google Apps has had on again off again trouble. And there is so much talk about cloud computing? Marc Benioff thinks its Web 3.0! Oh, pleeeze. Everyone is smoking something. Its a cloud of smoke. :-)