![]() This also resulted in McGonigal’s photos “in bathing suits, sports bras, form-fitting dresses, and of stitches after surgery” being accessed. One case of this issue comes from game designer and author Jane McGonigal, who sent in a Pixel 5a to be repaired and found that someone was able to gain access to her Google account (including Gmail and Drive) as well as Dropbox. Google says Pixel repair privacy breach wasn’t from employees, new security instructions coming. ![]() Update: Google has confirmed these privacy issues were not at the hands of the company’s own employees. Two reports have surfaced in the past couple of weeks regarding Google’s mail-in process for repairing Pixel phones where the phones sent in were “hacked” with the Google account infiltrated and, in one case, private photos leaked to the public. For a couple of users, though, that process has turned into a nightmare with mail-in Google Pixel repairs resulting in “hacked” accounts and more. As such, mail-in repairs are a popular means of fixing broken Pixel devices. Smartphone repairs can be frustrating if you don’t live nearby a location that can handle the issue, and for many Pixel users, that’s exactly the problem they face. ![]()
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