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Haven't they done this since forever?

• joshuaheard 13y ago
  Yes, not limited to the "new" Gmail, though they only admitted to it recently.
  • dspillett 13y ago
    I wasn't aware they'd ever denied it.
  • NoPiece 13y ago
    Here is a New York Times article on gmail from 2004 discussing the privacy issues around google scanning email content. It is a controversy that came and went, so I can imagine people who were young and not using email at the time missing it entirely. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/21/technology/21google.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/21/technology/21google.html
  • Zak 13y ago
    Scanning email for content to target ads was a public controversy when gmail was introduced to the public in 2004. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2004/apr/08/onlinesupplement.google http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2004/apr/08/onlinesupp... http://epic.org/privacy/gmail/faq.html http://epic.org/privacy/gmail/faq.html