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Could a Gmail add-on not do something similar? Of course you'd need to give it access to your emails. You could also use outlook, which I'm sure does similar th
by ehsankia 7y ago
Could a Gmail add-on not do something similar? Of course you'd need to give it access to your emails. You could also use outlook, which I'm sure does similar things, maybe not as well though.
- londons_explore 7y agoGmail add-ons pretty much don't exist anymore. The Gmail API has been locked down to people able to pay for a ~$100k security audit. The Facebook API is rather crippled too. API's used to let you share all your data, and act on your behalf, but now typically they do Auth and access already-public data.
- mav3rick 7y agoI'm happy it's locked down. I don't want crappy apps accessing my emails
- heavenlyblue 7y agoThat's pure BS. You can still access those e-mails through SMTP. For example, if I extract OGuth2 app information from Thunderbird, then I could theoretically make another user authenticate against Thunderbird's app and then ex-filtrate all of their Gmail data. Gmail API is blocked for purely political reasons. E.G. real-time delivery of e-mails which is not accessible through non-Gmail clients.
- kinkrtyavimoodh 7y agoUnfortunately when you let people develop on your data, you get what happened with FB and Cambridge Analytica. You saw how FB got into trouble for literally no fault of theirs? The data was literally accessed using a legit API.
- heavenlyblue 7y agoWell, Facebook did participate in Obama's campaign, so "no fault of theirs" is quite distant from reality.
- ehsankia 7y agoTo be fair the biggest issue with CA was the "Friends of friends" data.