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>What specifically are you concerned about that is a problem with this and not with them having the email in the first place My issue is that federal law regul

>What specifically are you concerned about that is a problem with this and not with them having the email in the first place My issue is that federal law regulates what information my bank can share with 3rd parties and allows me to opt out. The ethical thing to do is at least hold oneself to a similar standard. If I had worked on those projects I would have made it policy to ignore emails from healthcare providers and financial institutions outright, since there is far more harm that can be done than good. I have no problem with data collection when it's done responsibly. But I get the feeling that most developers/engineers working on these features have warped senses of ethics and don't consider the large scale implication of what they're doing, or if they do they just ignore it. Either way, it's the blatant disregard for privacy that bothers me.

solipsism 7y ago
But I get the feeling that most developers/engineers working on these features have warped senses of ethics Nonsense. It's a totally reasonable ethical viewpoint to assume that a user who opts in to their financial institution to send their data to Gmail has opted into Gmail reading that email and trying to provide awesome features on top of it. It's not like Google keeps it a secret when it does this kind of stuff. This is the bread and butter what Google is, and anyone not interested in that kind of thing should choose another email alternative. Google taking privacy seriously means they treat the data you share with them with respect. In this situation it is you, as a person who does not trust Google, who is apparently not taking privacy seriously when you opt into sending them your financial records. Do you think customers have absolutely no responsibility over what applications and services they choose to use? I realize the downvotes will come... But also take the time to let me know what I'm getting wrong.

solipsism 7y ago

But I get the feeling that most developers/engineers working on these features have warped senses of ethics Nonsense. It's a totally reasonable ethical viewpoint to assume that a user who opts in to their financial institution to send their data to Gmail has opted into Gmail reading that email and trying to provide awesome features on top of it. It's not like Google keeps it a secret when it does this kind of stuff. This is the bread and butter what Google is, and anyone not interested in that kind of thing should choose another email alternative. Google taking privacy seriously means they treat the data you share with them with respect. In this situation it is you, as a person who does not trust Google, who is apparently not taking privacy seriously when you opt into sending them your financial records. Do you think customers have absolutely no responsibility over what applications and services they choose to use? I realize the downvotes will come... But also take the time to let me know what I'm getting wrong.