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No unauthorized activity or malware but Google signed me out!
I noticed one of my 18 gmail accounts was missing from the gmail ios app today so I went to add it back. When I tried to sign in it said “We detected suspicious activity, which shows that there may be malware on this device. Malware can be used to gain access to your personal account information, like your password.”
I’m using the newest version of iOS and there’s no malware on my device. I have 17 other gmail accounts I was signed into that were unaffected by this false claim of “malware”. I’m also enrolled in Google “advanced protection program” so I’m using ONLY u2f security keys for 2-fa. Nobody can login unless they have one of those keys and my password. I checked my recent activity and it said “suspicious app” and the location was where I live. So the gmail ios app is “suspicious”? Or is this a bug because I had 17 other gmail accounts on the ios app? Come on google, get it together! At least notify people in the app that an account was automatically signed out recently! Is there aby way to prevent this happening again? I would rather get hacked for real than have to deal with this nonsense of google incorrectly thinking I have malware.Show lessNot Meeeeeeeeeee
Multi-device issues. Hard to attach files. Bad for tablets.
Biggest issue I have with this is that it seems to load your draft emails from a local cache, sometimes blowing away any changes you've made on other devices, or in a browser, leading to inconsistencies and lost changes. Gmail for web has an indicator constantly telling you that your draft is being saved. This app seems not to bother saving drafts until you close them. It should behave more like web, constantly saving as you go, for improved continuity across devices. I'd recommend just using the web site, especially if you're on an iPad. The app is barely usable if you're doing any serious work. It is possible to attach a file in a new message by using a third party app's 'share' function, but basically impossible to get that file into a reply to an existing thread. Gmail should have a way to add an attachment to a draft or 'in reply to ...' or something when coming from a third party app. Presumably Google makes this difficult intentionally so that you use their cloud services. A common and annoying growth strategy for tech companies, but here we are. Again, especially if you're on a tablet, just use the web site. Attachments work much better there, too, as you can browse all files on your device, unlike in the app. You can also use browser tabs to open multiple emails and copy/paste content between them. It is rare these days for a web site to be better than a native app. Congrats to the gmail web team.Show lesspizza_dough
Developer Response
Hi there. Thank you for reporting this. Please send your feedback directly to our product team so that it may be assessed. You can do this by following the steps given in this article from our help center : https://goo.gle/2NXOZiX. Have a great day!The Most Excellent Email Ever
Well, I just have to say that I am extremely happy with Gmail. Prior to 2011 I had always used Verizon email, and occasionally as a back up used.
Now I do sometimes wonder whether Google is listening in on conversations that we have at home, because we do sometimes see ads suddenly appearing (email promos and other online ads) that correlate with discussions my wife and I have had in the last two or three days. And it seems mighty curious. I hope they’re not actually listening, and it’s just a coincidence.
But aside from this I do think that the way Gmail screens my incoming messages and files them under three separate tabs is a very good format / system that helps me keep my mail, all of my mail organized & manageable.
As someone who cares about aesthetics and having control over what my personal belongings look like, I like the freedom of choice that google offers in Gmail. I also like that there are color and highlighting text, and choices for colors or photos, etc.
So aside from the possibility of spying, Gmail has been my favorite email system since 2011… That means 11 1/2 years! So way to go google kudos to you, and please don’t listen to of your customers for keywords and ultimately to bolster advertising revenues.
Please contact me without hesitating if you want to further discuss any facets of my honest opining about Gmail. Thank you.Show lessQwertyeeniex
Hacked
I have for over a decade to contact call email and everything I could because all my gmails, which was my apple accounts were hacked dealing with SHERRIFF police and attny general. I was treated rudely by a lady customer service agent I supposed she worked for you but who knows any more with all the scammers and hackers. I have lost everything my identity my money and credit and do much more. I have 8 cases of paperwork proving all this and all addresses and numbers except what they changed like my Birthday passwords and secret questions. This has gone on over a decade and I will not stop until I’m heard and get some part of normalcy to my life. I have lost several online businesses and physically attacked and molested and lost my brick and mortar businesses. I’m now disabled and getting worse! Please, contact me asap so we can set up solutions to validate right from the beginning of the accounts I opened and the new ones that they are pretending to be me and hacking my friends. I have no Fronde because of this no credit no car no family and now just a hacked phone no computer. This is very unacceptable. I would like to see customer service step in and do dining here. I’m writing everyone involved.Show lessPammiein2023
Developer Response
Hi there. If you would like to get more information about how to avoid and how to report phishing, please check our help center article: https://goo.gle/2uUrQXD. We hope that helped. Have a very nice day!Thieves of META data to sell
For those of you thinking using Google ANYTHING! You might want to consider how much of your rights you sign away digitally when you download any of their apps or suites! Google is the number one offender of selling meta-data, which is peoples personal tailored information similar to what your fingerprint would be except in the digital world to third-party buyers. May be wondering why they sell this data it’s because of target advertisement and they can also build a profile on your day-to-day activities. Factoring in where you go what you do how are you do it when you do it where are you do it time of day, etc. etc. etc.. it wouldn’t surprise me if Google actually has a dossier on every man in the United States that has at one point use Google services for something in there. And when I say collected information, I mean everything from bank account. To Social Security numbers to your personal address and even access to your cameras. that information is stored on their servers when you use their services. It is all sent back on an average about x1000 times a day for just one. Said that I say start looking to protect your private data that shouldn’t be sold to any company for profit or gain just so they can target advertise you.Show less2AmendmentEducator
I use too love it
I’ve been using gmail for over 10 years and recently I have nothing but issues with all the new iPhone updates. I lost my original sound when I receive an email on an update which I’m bummed about. Now I have removed reinstalled many times the issues I’m having after I close my gmail and it says I have 82 emails my app on the main screen won’t update too the correct number of emails. I have too open and close gmail like 3 times for it too sync. I am not logged in anywhere else so I don’t know why I am having this issue. And also google will not pick up my phone name and my location. Today I just deleted everything cause it’s driving me crazy I signed into gmail and it tells me I’m on an iPhone in New York. I do not use a vpn and I live in south New Jersey which is hours from the city. Why won’t my location adjust when I log in and did you take away the phone details? It’s like I’m using a downgraded version even though it says my app and iPhone is all up too date. I wish you would fix these little features I like too see my phone name when I set up all my security it makes me uneasy seeing your picking up just an iPhone and at that you think I’m using an iPhone 8 Plus which I never had I have an iPhone 11Show lessMom2twoweirdos
Integration added to availability & dependability
The Gmail product line was foreign to me, and switching our business email to the new system brought about apprehension and worry. I was quickly releived to find how easy the setup was to configure and the instant nature of the cutover made it very cost effective. It quickly became clear the system design was thorough and insightful. Now as our team continues to implement more complex systems and network wide applications and components to interact with additional platforms of all types, the gmail platform continues to provide the intended service of e-mail delivery with added functionality. It has become the focal point of communication on many levels with Microsoft, Apple and the other OPEN SYSTEMS of wildcat programmers and entrepreneurs in todays world-wide-web. Thank you for the product line and great support! Google!Show lessBizMadeEZ-CBC
great email app
This is a great app for managing Gmail accounts and other providers. It is easy to use and a clean interface. Not everything is perfect though. First, I would like the ability to re-order my accounts. It seems to just list everything in the order they were added, with no way to change that. This is really annoying as I have my account listed a certain way in every other client. Second, other providers (like Outlook and iCloud) support aliases for sending email yet there is no support for that feature in this app. Third, it does not sync my accounts between iOS devices. I have to add all of my accounts again on each device. I understand that some devices may not want some accounts, but it would be nice if I could choose whether or not to add them from a list. Lastly, I would like to see this app support M1 Macs so I can use this on the desktop (since Gmail’s non-standard IMAP doesn’t work great in some apps).Show lessspacetek7
Good but not great
I’m giving gmail 3 stars because it doesn’t update my little badge that tells me how many emails I have like it’s supposed to, and the app is annoying when you’re trying to search or delete emails. Unlike a computer, there is no “select all” button when you’re going through the mountain of junk mail compline’s send you, so you have to spend forever deleting that when they could make it a lot easier and at least give us the “select” button with a bunch of tick boxes on the side. And like, if I delete a years worth of junk mail, it would be nice to see that email total number go down in my app.
I’m just really frustrated with it, and I’m also disgruntled about the freaking ads that are popping up in my email now! Why I’m the heck are there ads in my email?! That’s ridiculous and we don’t need them there. 3 stars for google being a sell out on the ads and not having a decent way to delete your junk mail in the app.Show lesskquakoosa
Very Good but.. needs some fixin
I like the app, it’s very easy to use, have and change into other accounts (if you can log in💔). I recently got a new phone and set everything up then I finally get to logging in to my email accounts but what bothers me is that google isn’t currently working cause it instantly crashes and closes when I try to open it even if I delete and reinstall it on my device. After I tried logging in with google multiple times I use the “other” option and I put my email in but when I click next it tells me to use the google sign in option which isn’t working so now I’m locked out of all my emails for like 3 weeks now. I did try the other log in options that wouldn’t need the google tab but it’s not possible for me to use because I don’t have an office 360 or Microsoft account.I wish there would be an option to log in with an email without it having to open the unnecessary google tab.Show lessBruh stop......
