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Simple, non-evil answer: because it would severely impede spam prevention. This extensive writeup has details: https://moderncrypto.org/mail-archive/messaging/2
by elehack 7y ago
Simple, non-evil answer: because it would severely impede spam prevention. This extensive writeup has details: https://moderncrypto.org/mail-archive/messaging/2014/000780.html https://moderncrypto.org/mail-archive/messaging/2014/000780....
Long story short, to control spam, you basically have 2 options:
1. Control who can send messages
2. Inspect message content
3. Impose costs
Signal and WhatsApp chose (1). E-mail (and probably any federated protocol) requires (2) or (3), and there is no universally-adopted (3) for e-mail.
- jakeogh 7y agoTheir business model is to mine your mail. Spam censorship is just a feature that happens to fall out.
- ac29 7y agoGoogle hasn't used email contents for ad targeting in a couple years: https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in-the-enterprise-g-suites-gmail-and-consumer-gmail-to-more-closely-align/ https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in...
- jakeogh 7y agoJust call it "sentiment analysis". Forgive me if I don't take their words at face value.