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There a bunch of services like this that scan emails and offer something valuable enough in return that they might be worthwhile... Earny is another one. I rea
by colinbartlett 9y ago
There a bunch of services like this that scan emails and offer something valuable enough in return that they might be worthwhile... Earny is another one.
I really like the idea of them but I just wish there was just some better security model. What if granting read access to Gmail could give you an auditable log of every email read through the API? That way, services like this could prove that they are being responsible with their access rights.
- pintxo 9y agoHow is it going to help to know _after_ the fact, that they are not trustworthy?
- Benjamin_Dobell 9y agoIt helps future users avoid the service. Although, I think a better solution would be if Gmail etc. had an API where you could whitelist based on email address. Then these scanning services could ask permission per email address.
- aeternus 9y agoIt'd be great if you could instead grant approval for specific search/query strings.