Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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2 Replies to “Google Calendar spam is a thing”
I have seen this kind of spam a while ago. It probably is a bug in the Google calendar API and could involve synch-issues with Apple icloud.
I tried to report this case to Google, but they did not see the problem… Maybe now they´ll listen again…
You might be over thinking this. My theory is just that people are creating calendar events and then inviting other gmail addresses. This way I see it in my calendar (mission accomplished) and then have to do something to make it go away.
I have seen this kind of spam a while ago. It probably is a bug in the Google calendar API and could involve synch-issues with Apple icloud.
I tried to report this case to Google, but they did not see the problem… Maybe now they´ll listen again…
You might be over thinking this. My theory is just that people are creating calendar events and then inviting other gmail addresses. This way I see it in my calendar (mission accomplished) and then have to do something to make it go away.