# Google Groups

Google Groups is a Google service for creating and managing groups and memberships, including groups used as mailing lists and across Google products.

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## Moving the Support to Reddit

DevFeed: [Moving the Support to Reddit](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/moving-the-support-to-reddit-19380.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/moving-the-support-to-reddit/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2021-08-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [Reddit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reddit.md>), [Support](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/support.md>), [Google Groups](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-groups.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Stack Overflow](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/stackoverflow.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [reddit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reddit.md>), [support](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/support.md>)

### AI overview

Codename One moved its support forum from Google Groups to the r/cn1 subreddit on Reddit. The article explains the decision, citing moderation, user-interface, and feature concerns with Google Groups, and describes Reddit's discussion and integration features.

### Source excerpt

We have moved the support to Reddit on the subreddit r/cn1 for open discussion, support and also to allow the users to help each other.

## Google Groups permissions can expose sensitive data when group settings are misconfigured

DevFeed: [Google Groups permissions can expose sensitive data when group settings are misconfigured](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/gripes-with-google-groups-29164.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.latacora.com/blog/2018/05/29/gripes-with-google-groups/>)

Published: 2018-05-29T21:14:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Latacora](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/latacora.md>)

Topics: [Google Groups](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-groups.md>), [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-cloud.md>), [saml](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saml.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [gcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gcp.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [saml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saml.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

### AI overview

The article argues that Google Groups can create security and privacy risks when used for mailing lists and access control without carefully audited permissions. It describes self-service membership, group visibility, and configuration mistakes that could expose password-reset messages, vendor information, analytics access, operational discussions, or fundraising data.

### Source excerpt

If you're like me, you think of Google Groups as the Usenet client turned mailing list manager. If you're a GCP (Google Cloud Platform) user or maybe one of a handful of SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) users you probably know Google Groups as an access control mechanism. The bad news is we're both right. This can blow up if permissions on those groups aren't set right. Your groups were probably originally created by a sleep-deprived founder way before anyone was worried about access control. It's been lovingly handcrafted and never audited ever since. Let's say their configuration is, uh, "inconsistent". If an administrator adds people to the right groups as part of their on-boarding, it's not obvious when group membership is secretly self-service. Even if someone can't join a group, they might still be able to read it.

## TIP: Search the Website

DevFeed: [TIP: Search the Website](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tip-search-the-website-19594.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/tip-search-the-website/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2016-12-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>), [Google Search](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-search.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [pdf](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pdf.md>), [Stack Overflow](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/stackoverflow.md>), [Google Groups](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-groups.md>), [Cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloudflare.md>)

Tags: [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [google-search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-search.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [index](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/index.md>), [js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/js.md>), [pdf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pdf.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [tool](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tool.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>)

### AI overview

The article explains workarounds for searching a website that lacks built-in search, including Google site search, a JavaDoc index, a searchable developer-guide PDF, Stack Overflow, and Google Groups. It also discusses challenges in implementing static-site search.

### Source excerpt

A frequent complaint we get is the lack of a search feature on the site and we get that. It's frustrating to us too. We'd like to add it but are still looking at the "right way" to do it which I'll discuss at more length below but for now I'd like to discuss a couple of relatively simple workarounds. The Current Workarounds Google Site Search We can just type site:codenameone.com followed by your query into google when searching to search within the site e.g. like this https://www.google.co.il/search?q=site%3Acodenameone.com+Button