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Good point. But it is still one person/company less that reads your e-mail, if you and your correspondent used different e-mail providers previously. There are
by vaylian 5y ago
Good point. But it is still one person/company less that reads your e-mail, if you and your correspondent used different e-mail providers previously.
There are also correspondences where you are only the receiver. For example, when you order things online. Gmail doesn't need to know what you are shopping for.
- im_down_w_otp 5y agoUnfortunately, they can still close the loop on purchase history and ad impressions through indirect, lazy association. It's a very, very impressive edifice that's been created for identifying and tracking pretty much everybody irrespective of their direct, immediate interaction with the entity doing the tracking. I honestly think it's kind of funny that such a potentially insidious system was manifest for something as principally vapid as ad targeting.
- hackerfromthefu 5y agoYes, quite the trojan horse.