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> for advertising purposes What other purposes would they use it for? Can anyone think of one?
by ReverseCold 9y ago
> for advertising purposes
What other purposes would they use it for? Can anyone think of one?
- ucaetano 9y agoMalware. Child porn. They actually do both: https://www.theverge.com/2014/8/5/5970141/how-google-scans-your-gmail-for-child-porn https://www.theverge.com/2014/8/5/5970141/how-google-scans-y... Oh, and for indexing, of course.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoHow about generating a "lifestyle profile" (or psych profile). They could sell that to a third party, then buy back the profile compounded with other third parties's data to use for advertising. Bonus points if Alphabet (aka Google) control all the companies involved. ?