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On the About Gmail page, in large bold text is stated: "We never use your Gmail content for any ads purposes" emphasis mine. That might qualify as deceptive.
by eth0up 5y ago
On the About Gmail page, in large bold text is stated:
"We never use your Gmail content for any ads purposes" emphasis mine.
That might qualify as deceptive.
- jsnell 5y agoWhy do you think that this is being used for advertising purposes? Because HN user potatoman22 asserted that with no evidence?
- eth0up 5y agoYes, because whimsical potato, I am true, fearless believer and desciple, hater of evidence, prophet of assumption, protector of anonymous tubers. Not because google is in the business of data and advertising or has the ability to cleverly manipulate language to their advantage or would ever consider being evil. I'm quite confident google wouldn't use such data in ways that could be connected to advertising. All your google data are belong to privacy.
- nindalf 5y ago> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- eth0up 5y agoBear in mind that while I can't refute you, the parent question was pretty snarky in its implication.
- potatoman22 5y agoHAIL THEE, MAN OF POTATO
- potatoman22 5y agoI don't have any evidence, I just assumed it was being used for that from other discussion on this post.
- jsnell 5y agoRight, and in the absence of evidence making assumptions is a very natural human thing to do. But eth0up went through the trouble of finding pretty compelling evidence that the data was not being used for advertising purposes, quoted it, and still chose to believe the opposite.
- sorokod 5y agoCompare and contrast with "We will never use...'