Posted on 04/15/2014 4:00:48 AM PDT by markomalley
Google has updated its terms of service to reflect that it analyzes user content including emails to provide users tailored advertising, customized search results and other features.
The Internet giant’s scanning of users’ email has been controversial with privacy groups describing it as an intrusion into user privacy.
Competitor Microsoft claims in its “Don’t Get Scroogled by Gmail” campaign that its Outlook.com email service is superior to Gmail as unlike Google it does not go through email looking for keywords to target users with paid advertisements.
In a case in California over Google’s interception of email, District Judge Lucy H. Koh said that Google’s terms of service and privacy polices did not explicitly notify the plaintiffs “that Google would intercept users’ emails for the purposes of creating user profiles or providing targeted advertising.” Google’s decision to change its terms of service may have been prompted by these comments.
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Unless you’re doing your own encryption, Google’s cataloging your mail anyway. Don’t believe the “we encrypt your mail for you” BS. That means they have the private keys and they can unencrypt it whenever they way.
I recommend a free Amazon AWS micro instance running Postfix, Dovecot, Amavis, ClamAV, and Roundcube webmail for personal email.
Thank God I got away from Google when I did. I’ve been Google-free for 5 years and don’t regret it one bit.
Yes, of course I meant private off-site encryption
Yes, of course I meant private off-site encryption
Google and Firefox...avoid these collections of slime at all costs.
No Chrome
No Google search engine
Their tentacles are everywhere.
Even if you are using these sites that are targeting you as a potential customer,you can personally see to it that the advertiser is not getting his money’s worth.
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