Posted in Cloud Security, Dumbass on September 1st, 2010 by Dave Lewis
If the idea of having Google auto sort your email wasn’t bad enough they apparently thought that adding some jazz music in the background was a good idea. As a result a large number of users thought that they had been infected with a piece of malicious software.
From V3.co.uk
Chrome users opening their inboxes heard a distinctive ragtime jazz tune playing in the background, causing a mixture of panic and anger, according to many complaints that deluged the Gmail help forum.
“It sure creep me out. I thought I got some virus. Closed down all the windows, music was gone,” wrote kasahmed.
Don’t get me wrong, I like jazz, but for the love of all that’s good and holy you should at least let the end user know what to expect. The music portion notwithstanding I think that having the Goog sort your email is a daft idea. From reports that I’ve already read it has a low success rate in picking important vs junk-esque email.
So, no on the virus. Yes on the bad idea.
(Image used under CC from spbutterworth)
