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INVASION: Google Inc.'s free e-mail service: The company plans to read the messages... | |
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| Time: 16:29 EST/21:29 GMT | News Source: E-Mail | Posted By: Brian Kvalheim | ||
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Thanks Chris - Privacy advocates are concerned that there's one big flaw with Google Inc.'s free e-mail service: The company plans to read the messages.
LA TIMES reporting on Friday: The Internet search firm insists that it needs to know what's in the e-mails that pass through its system -- so that they can be sprinkled with advertisements Google thinks are relevant. After all, revenue from those targeted ads will pay for the Gmail service, which began a limited test Thursday, offering up to 500 times as much e-mail storage as competing Web e-mail programs from Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
The TIMES adds: The electronic letters won't be read by Google employees; computers will handle that chore. Nonetheless, the spector of seeing an ad for an antacid beside a message from a friend complaining about stomach pain is enough to make some people nervous about the e-mail service.
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| #1 By 3653 (209.149.57.116) at 4/3/2004 3:06:23 PM |
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So, I'm trying to understand this.
If I get a spam message that was originally intended to be an advertisement... then that is BAD. But if I get a spam message that was originally intended to be a legit email... then google tells me that is GOOD. Spam is spam. I don't want unsolicited ads in my email. Thats why I don't use the hotmail WEB interface. I use Outlook's hook to hotmail... TO AVOID THE ADS. If google will give me an outlook interface (no ads), then I would switch tomorrow. |
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