[eslaught]

I'm a little worried that this is introducing a new vector for spam. I have already been getting spam through invites (where they get auto-added to my calendar even before I have a chance to see what they are).

Frankly, I want my calendar to be a private calendar. I don't want to share it, or receive invites through it, or auto-add events just because I got an email. I'm still happy to have the sync capability, because I use a smartphone, but aside from that I really have no use cases which require my calendar to be online at all.

Admittedly, this may just be a case where Google's interests are not aligned with my own. If so, are there (real, viable) alternatives?

[gmcabrita]

>I have already been getting spam through invites (where they get auto-added to my calendar even before I have a chance to see what they are).

Fortunately you can turn this off in the Google Calendar settings. This way they only get added to your calendar if you accept.

[timcraft]

http://calendaz.com (disclaimer: I made it)

I wanted a private calendar without sharing/invites too, so I ended up building my own (do not recommend unless you have a lot of time on your hands!).

No spam, no ads, you own your data. Feel free to email me if you have any questions about it.

[lern_too_spel]

You could already add events to somebody's calendar by sending them an invite, and you could already mark events as spam. I don't see what's new here.