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Gmail doesn't scan emails any more?
by xxpor 5y ago
Gmail doesn't scan emails any more?
- ruined 5y agoGmail certainly does scan and process language in email, because they generate reply suggestions, and who knows what else behind the scenes.
- Laremere 5y agoThey no longer do any ad personalization based on the contents of your email, and AFAIK, they never did for paying customers. Obviously, other systems process the contents of your email, eg spam filter, the frontend displaying the email to you, and I assume the government can get access through legal warrants (the ethics of the secrecy of such actions is a different debate - Google is required to follow the law).
- xxpor 5y agoYeah, makes sense. I just hadn't heard about the ad change.
- judge2020 5y agoFor reference: https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in-the-enterprise-g-suites-gmail-and-consumer-gmail-to-more-closely-align/#:~:text=Consumer%20Gmail%20content%20will%20not%20be%20used%20or%20scanned%20for%20any%20ads%20personalization%20after%20this%20change https://blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in....
- PedroBatista 5y agoThey do, but they said they don’t.
- mkr-hn 5y agoWhat could they possibly gain from it that they don't get from data mining they do openly that's worth the inevitable lawsuits from SLA'd companies when it came out?
- MAGZine 5y agothey don't need to—remarketing is used enough that there is enough demand for ads in your specific inbox, without having to scan the contents.