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Yep, they data-mine my email anonymously, but they try to not be evil about it. Eventually, as it happens in all public companies, the "do no evil" people are
by lrobb 15y ago
Yep, they data-mine my email anonymously, but they try to not be evil about it.
Eventually, as it happens in all public companies, the "do no evil" people are going to be out, and the "maximize the buck" people are going to be in.
- drhowarddrfine 15y agoYou think a "maximize the buck" move by Google would be to start rooting around in your personal drawers?
- lrobb 15y agoWell, they already root around... That's why they can serve contextual ads. Right now it's "harmless"... But people get a lot more personal in email or google searches than they do on, say, facebook. There's some gold to be mined in there.
- sdfjkl 15y agoAll it takes is one idiot in middle management that thinks "who's going to notice if we just ...". Like the recent Mocality case.
- michaelcampbell 15y agoWhich was rectified within a week, no? I don't doubt you; this may eventually happen, but for the meantime, I'm trusting them (over my ISP, anyway), with my email and backing up/saving the stuff that warrants it.