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Since it’s inception, Google’s FREE Gmail has openly searched emails for advertising purposes, so it begs the question why are people suddenly surprised? “There is no free lunch,” and ironically, privacy articles like this are just more clickbait sensationalism.
"I was unaware that I had consented for the Google bots to scan my inbox, identify specific emails, and assemble a dossier of my purchases." — @joelwinston in @FastCompanyhttps://nyti.ms/2yMjRdL
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“Cynics will point to those terms and gloat that Gmail users should expect this... But Google is also data-mining the inboxes of paying customers.” Also, Google promised in 2017 to stop searching emails for advertising purposes.https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in-the-enterprise-g-suites-gmail-and-consumer-gmail-to-more-closely-align/ …
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Aren't LinkedIn doing something similar? In terms of accessing email contacts?
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