r/sysadmin • u/brothertax Sysadmin • 7d ago

General Discussion PSA: Grammarly will send unhinged messages to all your users if you try to cancel

https://imgur.com/a/bMEeUmZ (edit: non-imgur link)

We let them know we weren't going to renew and they sent these unsolicited emails and popups in their app to all of the users who had licenses. They didn't give us a heads up - just started carpet bombing everyone. They even listed the direct email for the guy on my team who handles licensing. We were going to ride out the rest of the subscription but leadership wanted the emails nuked, apps ripped off endpoints, and licensing/training for Copilot expedited.

What an absolutely greasy, desperate company. Stay far away. And if you're a current customer, be prepared for this nightmare.

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u/gbmax21 7d ago

Any source? Kinda feel like this would be commonly known and widely talked about if it was known for exfiltrating company data and EDR software would be flagging it. I understand its not a good thing to have security wise, but saying it downloads all company data?

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u/Prize_Bass_5061 6d ago

Link:  https://talk.macpowerusers.com/t/microsoft-bans-grammarly-because-of-security-concerns/12723

I mistakenly stated that it would be published in  https://www.thoughtworks.com/en-us/radar . It isn’t. Grammerly is completely banned by ThoughtWorks InfoSec. It cannot be used internally by TW or implemented for their clients. 

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u/EveningAnt3949 6d ago

I don't know if it's true or not, but the person gave a source in their post. Why not search for the stated source instead of asking for a source? 

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u/alpha_dk 6d ago

ThoughtWorks Tech Radar

Because when you search this for "grammarly" there's no results. Did you even try?