G-Mail from Google

yes, but not Apple news, rumours or general discussion, though. ;-) moving...
 
That could shut them down pretty fast...spam would take a major toll on it. I think the yahoo addy I have gets around 40mb of spam every 4 or 5 days. I never even use it anymore because of that, really never have.
 
Google is taking a major pr hit that it will have computers read each e-mail (there goes privacy) and add adds to it. Say you're e-mailing someone about a romantic interlude and you'll have ads for viagra. No thanks, I prefer to keep what little privacy already exists out there.
 
It's theoretically possible.

Computers can compress text to really small sizes, and if Google does this on the fly, they really wouldn't need much space. Plus, only a select few would actually fill up their inboxes.
 
If it is a hoax, then it is a very elaborate one and they haven't taken it down yet ... mmmh ... good PR stunt if it is true: release a ludicrous statement on 1 April, make everyone laugh and then start laughing yourself when it appears to be true ... lot's of publicity of the "who'd have thought ..."-kind.
 
All these people concerned over Google "reading" your emails to match advertisements.... GET A LIFE! I SWEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A computer reads it... not humans.... bla bla bla!

It's the idiot parade!
 
Actually, my post was in response not to you Randman, but to various news articles going around on the net about this. I didn't really read the thread. ha!

The thing is, I am not sure what type of privacy is being lost by having viagra ads on a romantic email. That is no different than reading an article about cameras in Macworld and seeing an ad for cameras on the other page. Google isn't "reading" your emails, all they are doing is matching keywords. It's the same thing they do for ads on this site or any other site carrying ads.
 
it's real.. my friend works there and already got her email.. employees will get to invite a few people for the start.... from there i dunno when its goin public..
 
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it's real.. my friend works there and already got her email.. employees will get to invite a few people for the start.... from there i dunno when its goin public..
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Well, I'll tell you one thing . My mailbox was inudated with spam since I left an e-mail to try thr G-mail . Big Mistake on my part . I have a decent filter but mein Gut .

LarryD
 
and if you are worried about privacy, you have a few options
1) don't use it
2) don't use it for stuff you wouldn't want other people to read
3) use fake info
 
well... i am guessing that this isn't a prank because now there is a sign-in box for the test users... but it is still in early beta so no sign-ups yet

the one bad thing is that they don't support safari right now :'( :(
 
Just a short note about your concerns about privicy:

If you (and 99.9% still do it) use a normal SMTP, POP3 or IMAP mailservice you have absolutly no privacy. Doesn't matter where your service is located. If you send or receive your mails from their servers they will pass through many other routers and/or computersystems until they reache their destination. And normal mails are send in plain ASCII so EVERYBODY on that way could read or scan it.

And to make it even more worse: EVERY PERSON ON THIS PLANET with some advanced networking knowledge could read your mails if he does a "man in the middle" attack.

So, if you want privacy you have to crypth every mail. Prefered is PGP. But due to most people doesn't use PGP this is still not a very good option.

But you can for example use a mailserver with SSL enabled. So at least part of the way (and most important the part through your ISP) is secured.

I'm using both technics combined for important mails. Secured/Authentificated mailservers and PGP.

If you know what's possible and how it works maybe you never would use the net again. And if you fear cookies or "trace-pictures" leave the net as fast as possible because every think you write, click or read could be monitored ;)
 
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