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Personally, I use search all the time while I'm around other people or in a public place, and it would be a bit jarring to suddenly see private emails alongside
by shock-value 14y ago
Personally, I use search all the time while I'm around other people or in a public place, and it would be a bit jarring to suddenly see private emails alongside my results at these times. This isn't a privacy issue per se, but it's just unexpected and I could see it leading to awkward situations for some people (e.g. when someone has someone else run a quick search for him and private or embarrassing emails show up).
If it's strictly opt-in then I don't see a problem.
- ariwilson 14y agoIt doesn't look like it shows the actual content of e-mails unless you search for something like "confirmation gmail". "confirmation" just gets you the "Messages from..." box which you have to click to open.
- Matt_Cutts 14y agoThat's right. The matches from Gmail are collapsed unless you specifically indicate intent with search keywords like "gmail" or "email."
- mixmax 14y agoThis is a disaster waiting to happen. Non-tech users (probably 95% of Googles customers) have no idea how this happens. It's not immediately obvious to a non-tech person how your personal e-mails suddenly get blended into search results on another page. This will both freak people out and it will invade their privacy. I really hope this will be opt-in.
- Matt_Cutts 14y agoThis is something that you have to request at http://g.co/searchtrial http://g.co/searchtrial , and I think we'll learn a lot from seeing how people interact with the feature and what feedback they provide.