this may be going too far; as far as I know, Google has always been frank about their processing of the e-mails. Heck, who here hasn't been reminded by gmail th

this may be going too far; as far as I know, Google has always been frank about their processing of the e-mails. Heck, who here hasn't been reminded by gmail that you said you 'attached' something, but you don't have attachments? There's always a tradeoff, and in case of gmail, we trade off waivering content-based automatic process with convenience. If you wouldn't like to trade anything with privacy, go find something else. There's a reason why Lavabit attracted a decent amount of users. Having said that, the google privacy policy[1] tells of exactly what sort of information they collect, and to what ends they use. The problem I have with the whole NSA debacle concerning Google is with this exact phrase: > We will ask for your consent before using information for a purpose other than those that are set out in this Privacy Policy.[1] I'm fine with waivering some rights, albeit limited, for an exchange with my enormously convenient service. If you do stuff which we never agreed in the first place, and which you had told me to ask for my consent, behind my back, I'm not fine with it. [1] http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/