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How do you feel about Streak Gmail Plugin requesting access to everything in your GSuite?

I've recently noticed that I've given superpowers to Streak and I'm not sure if I made the right decision. I reached out to them regarding getting all of my data and I got declined. I think hackers should be aware of this company. What do you think? Is it me being too skeptical about it?

Here's what they ask from all the users and there's no opt-out at all.

This will allow Streak to:

  1. Read, compose, send, and permanently delete all your email from Gmail
    This app wants permission to do anything you can do in your Gmail, including:

Read your emails
Compose new emails
Add new emails meant for a different email address into your inbox
Send emails for you
Delete your email
Create, change or delete your email labels
Get notified when certain kinds of emails appear in your Gmail inbox, like a travel confirmation
Your email may contain sensitive info, like names of your contacts, your private communications, or financial or medical information.

  1. See, edit, create, and delete all of your Google Drive files
    This app wants permission to access everything in your Google Drive. It will be able to do the same things you can do, including:

See your files
Upload and download your files
Delete your files
See the names and emails of people you share files with
Share and stop sharing your files with others
Remove people from your files
Organize your Drive
There may be private information in your Google Drive, like financial records, medical reports, photos or tax info.

  1. See, edit, download, and permanently delete your contacts
    This app wants permission to:

See your Google Contacts
Edit your Google Contacts
Delete your Google Contacts
Your contacts may include the names, phone numbers, addresses and other info about the people you know.

  1. See, edit, share, and permanently delete all the calendars you can access using Google Calendar
    This app wants permission to make changes to your calendars, as well as any calendar you can access using your Google Calendar, including:

Create, change or delete calendars
Update individual calendar events
Change your settings, including who can see your events
Change who the calendar is shared with
Your calendars and other calendars you access may contain info like daily schedules, personal contacts and private appointments.

on April 25, 2020
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    Honestly a big reason we chose Hubspot over Streak was because of this. I have no clue why they need so much access.

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      I think they're simply collecting all your documents, contacts, emails and selling them. No other explanation imho.

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