Gmail and privacy

[fanf]

I still fail to understand the problem some people have with gmail.

(1) It's opt-in. If you don't like it, don't use it.

(2) Email is already scanned to protect users from spam and viruses. Why not scan for advertising?

(3) EU Data protection officers seem to agree.

http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200404/msg00152.html

Comments

can't know if someone is forwarding their mail to it

[ewx.livejournal.com]

That's true of any email service, though; the recipient could be forwarding to all sorts of things that you dislike and you might never know.

Re: can't know if someone is forwarding their mail to it

[hsenag.livejournal.com]

Agreed. That doesn't stop me from wanting to do something about the ones I do know about, though.