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stopped scanning Gmail altogether. Note that this is not what the article says. It says that they stopped scanning Gmail for ads, but does not say they stoppe
by dsp1234 9y ago
stopped scanning Gmail altogether.
Note that this is not what the article says. It says that they stopped scanning Gmail for ads, but does not say they stopped scanning email for non-ad purposes.
- kinkrtyavimoodh 9y agoAny spam filtering implies scanning right? (Unless the filtering is purely on basis of headers and other non-message-body info)
- fishywang 9y agoIt depends on whether you consider mail headers part of the email. I personally think scanning mail headers still counts as scanning email.
- secabeen 9y agoWell yeah. They have to scan content for you to effectively search your own email, which is one of their flagship features.
- dsp1234 9y agoI can't edit the above, but the context I meant was non-ad, non-email purposes.
- chippy 9y agoTo be more accurate the article says they stopped scanning for ads that appear inside gmail. Whether they still scan emails in the free gmail for use outside gmail is unknown, but I may be being pedantic...
- joshuamorton 9y ago(disclosure, I work on gmail, although nothing related to ads) I can't find a citation, but I'm fairly confident that that's never been the case. Ad targeting from emails has always been siloed to within gmail. To quote the post: >Consumer Gmail content will not be used or scanned for any ads personalization after this change. That's pretty unequivocal.
- chippy 9y agoThanks!