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> because if I objected to Google mining my private conversations to advertise to me I wouldn't use Gmail. This incorrect and short-sighted. The private conve
by yosamino 10y ago
> because if I objected to Google mining my private conversations to advertise to me I wouldn't use Gmail.
This incorrect and short-sighted. The private conversations that you have are with someone else, who might have not opted into Google mining their conversation.
In that sense your conversation partners' only option to "opt-out" of using gmail is to stop conversing with you, which I find to be a perverse choice.
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- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 10y agoI guess it should be noted, though, that the choice being perverse doesn't mean the outcome is obvious. I, for one, generally will just refrain from contacting you if the only contact info I have is a gmail address, if it's not exceptionally important for me.
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- joshuamorton 10y agoIts worth pointing out that this doesn't help you much. I have 3-4 email addresses, from @gmail to @myuniversity to @mywebsite. I send and receive all of my mail from a Inbox though.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 10y agoYeah, I am aware that I might be misplacing my trust and share things with people who end up sharing it with third parties, violating my trust ... your point being?
- joshuamorton 10y agoWell I didn't really have a point to be made, just a general informational statement. However, claiming that I'm violating your trust if you send me an email is a bit of a strong statement, don't you think.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 10y ago> However, claiming that I'm violating your trust if you send me an email is a bit of a strong statement, don't you think. I am not sure what your argument is? If I am sending you an email, you cannot possibly violate my trust by sharing it with other people?
- joshuamorton 10y agoYou said >I might be misplacing my trust and share things with people who end up sharing it with third parties, violating my trust I take that as "If I send an email to someone and they share it with third parties, they are violating my trust...Google/gmail is one such third party."
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 10y agoWell, google is one third party that I would count as a violation of my trust--obviously, that does not necessarily apply to every possible third party, if that is what you are getting at? Nor would it necessarily apply to google, if the specific content was meant to be shared with google, or whatever. My point is: Yes, it is obvious that other people can violate my trust by sharing information with third parties, and I might not even know, as that doesn't even require email or computers. People could be sending copies of snail mail letters I send them to some company offering them 10 cents per piece or something ...