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Make email work exactly as it does now, but it is encrypted -- then people will use it. If you make it more inconvenient then it is a non-starter as email priv
by kenjackson 12y ago
Make email work exactly as it does now, but it is encrypted -- then people will use it. If you make it more inconvenient then it is a non-starter as email privacy from Google or the NSA just isn't a concern for 99.9% of people (stat made up).
- DanBC 12y agoGoogle is a great example. People were warned about severe privacy risk of using GMail, but Google made it really easy to use, has amazing spam filtering, and gave away 1 GB of storage.
- mcintyre1994 12y agoGoogle Now is a similar one I think. I'd rather Google surface purchases, flights etc. in Google Now than not, even if that means they're reading them emails and know what I bought.
- mpyne 12y agoI read an article the other day about how jihadist software developers were complaining that higher-up leaders in their terrorist organization refused to switch away from GMail. And this from the very groups that should have known better! I can only assume that problem has been fixed after Snowden leaked PRISM, but it illustrates the mentality you speak of quite vividly.