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Who cares? This isn't supposed to stop anyone from intentionally doing bad things, this is supposed to make people stop and think "Huh, maybe I'm just not supposed to forward this email"

It's really bizarre that so many people on HN can't seem to understand this. Do you guys ever interact with other human beings?

That's an outlandish take, because it's entirely divorced from what Google is claiming.

If they were saying, "this feature makes it clear to your employees that they shouldn't forward this email" then this entire HN thread would not exist.

This article is put out by a competitor. Also a significant portion of people on HN really don't like big tech companies (which is fair but besides the point here) so I would've been more surprised if there was nuances conversation about it here.

I think of it less as stopping people from 'getting around' the 'security' and more an extra level of protection & awareness against accidental forwards or replies.

It can't stop malicious actors, of course.

Friction matters. You don't need to be smart to break a door lock, but people still lock their doors.