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

[hsenag.livejournal.com]

I mean like someone wanting to know if celebrity Foo Bar is pregnant. It's a crap example; but the point is that even reporting aggregate statistics of keywords from emails is an information leak.