See news articles about it from the time, and a petition telling Google to stop: https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-03-31-google_x.htm https://usat

See news articles about it from the time, and a petition telling Google to stop: https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-03-31-google_x.htm https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-03-31-google_... https://web.archive.org/web/20040604175545/https://www.privacyrights.org/ar/GmailLetter.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20040604175545/https://www.priva... And a Microsoft ad criticizing Google for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x4_dozWkq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x4_dozWkq0