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Thread ID: 130529 2013-04-12 01:16:00 Google’s practice of earning money by reading personal e-mails kingdragonfly (309) PC World Chat
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1336504 2013-04-12 01:16:00 Sometimes the only way to get the truth about giant corporations is when one decides to fling mud at the other.

I hadn't seen Microsoft's "Scroogled" campaign, till an article alluded to it.

"Is Gmail Privacy As Bad As Microsoft Says It Is?"

www.webpronews.com 		kingdragonfly (309)
1336505 2013-04-12 02:18:00 Amazing how misinformation can be easily taken for truth, isn't it.

Do you think that someone at Google is sitting in front of a screen somewhere somehow intercepting and reading every email sent (or received) by every Gmail user? The sheer volume of data that represents makes that claim ridiculous. However as the link confirms, this is how Gmail have always worked, scanning emails for keywords.

I doubt very much that they store any collected data, since these servers would very quickly be full to overflowing - the scanning and serving of ads is dynamic (and I ignore the ads anyway).

Like the comment by author of the article:
While Microsoft recently launched a new mail product – Outlook.com – many find the timing of this attack a bit strange, given that Gmail has operated this way since its inception

and


Of course, Microsoft does scan users’ emails

Ulterior motives make this claim by Microsoft highly suspicious... 		johcar (6283)
1336506 2013-04-12 02:51:00 Its just spreading FUD / scaremongering.

All mail providers do it, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, your ISP... How else would they do anti-spam?

This is well worth a read:
www.androidanalyse.com 		Chilling_Silence (9)
1336507 2013-04-12 03:11:00 Its just spreading FUD / scaremongering.

All mail providers do it, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, your ISP... How else would they do anti-spam?

This is well worth a read:
www.androidanalyse.com

Good read. Microsoft have been campaining against Google, particularly after Google announced dropping support (www.theverge.com) for exchange active sync protocol to Microsoft. Then Google introduced paid platforms for their shopping site - again annoying Microsoft, so they launced their anti Google Scroogle (http://www.scroogled.com/) site. 		kahawai chaser (3545)
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