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http://www.epic.org/privacy/gmail/faq.html#1
I'm not sure if this is true, but if it is, I'd be ****ed.
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Thought this was interesting also since I didn't know it until a few months ago, and I see it also as pretty wrong.
I'm not sure if this is true, but if it is, I'd be ****ed.
linked article said:Gmail violates the privacy rights of non-subscribers. Non-subscribers who e-mail a Gmail user have "content extraction" performed on their e-mail even though they have not consented to have their communications monitored, nor may they even be aware that their communications are being analyzed. Subscribers to Gmail also face risks to their privacy; those risks are outlined below.
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Non-Subscribers Do Not Consent to "Content Extraction."
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Profiling Across Google Product Line.
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Bad Legal Precedent.
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Insufficient Privacy Policy.
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Thought this was interesting also since I didn't know it until a few months ago, and I see it also as pretty wrong.