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Slack backtracks on abusable Connect feature – Security – Cloud – Software – iTnews
Users up in arms over DMs-to-all.
Popular messaging platform Slack, owned by Salesforce, has had to quickly retreat on a new feature called Connect after users angrily pointed out that it could be used to send abusive and harassing messages to people at external organisations.
Slack Connect was released today for paying customers, and is designed to replace email messages.
Once paid Slack customers enable Connect, any of their users can send direct messages to anyone, inside and outside their organisations, without administrative…
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