> "Google, until a few years ago, scanned your private email to show you ads. Many email carriers still do. If private electronic messages can be scanned for on

> "Google, until a few years ago, scanned your private email to show you ads. Many email carriers still do. If private electronic messages can be scanned for one purpose, they can be scanned for any purpose." I find this very ironic because I suspect the same people who think this way would also jump on critics for committing a "slippery slope fallacy" or dismiss criticism as "what's the big deal" but then are happy to use whatever victory they have as a beachhead for more abuses