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If they're rewriting emails that you send out, that allows them to also track what the recipients of the emails do, even non-gmail ones. And not every gmail use
by genocidicbunny 6y ago
If they're rewriting emails that you send out, that allows them to also track what the recipients of the emails do, even non-gmail ones. And not every gmail user uses the webmail interface either -- many use standalone clients that wouldn't normally have this tracking.
Also, there is something very wrong when we're okay with Google rewriting parts of our emails. How long until they decide to start modifying other bits of our emails? Reading the contents of the email is one thing, modifying it from its original is a whole 'nother ball game.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y ago> If they're rewriting emails that you send out That's not the claim. The claim is that they're rewriting urls you receive. I suppose if the imap claim is true, and you reply, and you quote the redirector url in your reply, and someone clicks that link, they could detect it. That seems a little annoying and presents a slight risk, but it doesn't seem like the type of thing that would be intentionally designed in, even if I model google as completely amoral and short-termist. There just doesn't seem to be much advantage in it. > And not every gmail user uses the webmail interface either That's why i said the vast majority of cases, not "all." :)
- genocidicbunny 6y agoAnd why I started with 'If' -- my previous comment is preconditioned on Google actually doing what the OP originally claimed (which didn't seem to be specifically limited to downloaded emails,) a claim I do find dubious.