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50Twuncle
50Twuncle Posts: 10,763 Forumite
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44699263
Google have been reading your messages for years !
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  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    Thats not what it says is it .
    Just posting headline nonsense again .
  • Farway
    Farway Posts: 14,643 Forumite
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44699263
    Google have been reading your messages for years !

    I thought we all knew that?

    It's a trade off IMO, convenience versus privacy, and tin foil hat time, they all do, it's the law in UK to keep all e -mails for, I think, a year, so GCHQ / boys in blue / and any other "authorised persons" can have a nose through
    Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens
  • Oakdene
    Oakdene Posts: 2,560 Forumite
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    Aw well, at least they will know that my ex is a psycho.
    Dwy galon, un dyhead,
    Dwy dafod ond un iaith,
    Dwy raff yn cydio’n ddolen,
    Dau enaid ond un taith.
  • thrifty_pete
    thrifty_pete Posts: 307 Forumite
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    I've had a Gmail account since 2005 and I assume all the messages are read by Google. The BBC article says third parties have access but only if you grant them access.
  • ballyblack
    ballyblack Posts: 5,133 Forumite
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    edited 3 July 2018 at 3:57PM
    so what. I will not be avoiding it

    anyway i don't have the time to read all my own gmail!

    .
  • AndyPix
    AndyPix Posts: 4,847 Forumite
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    Note to self : avoid 50Twuncle's threads
  • Frozen_up_north
    Frozen_up_north Posts: 2,790 Forumite
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    This isn't news, most email is far from private. Consider it no more secure/personal than sending a postcard unless you use an encrypted one such as ProtonMail.

    The same goes for ISPs recording every website you visit, and phone companies storing every phone number you call and every text message (including content) too.

    Using a VPN May increase privacy, although it's far from clear whether they are what they claim to be. It is easy for a government agency to setup any number of them...
  • powerful_Rogue
    powerful_Rogue Posts: 8,334 Forumite
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    Couldn't give a monkeys! If Google find something interesting in my emaisl then good on them!
  • robin58
    robin58 Posts: 2,802 Forumite
    50Twuncle wrote: »
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44699263
    Google have been reading your messages for years !

    Avoid 50Twuncle, he posts over the top posts.

    It's not Google reading your emails but data firms. A bit like the Facebook fiasco.

    If you go to your Google account you can disassociate the effending companies who are collecting your data.


    And for the OP's information, I been into computers since the 80's'

    I've always assume that many companies read my data and email communications.

    That's why I have a low social media presence.
    The more I live, the more I learn.
    The more I learn, the more I grow.
    The more I grow, the more I see.
    The more I see, the more I know.
    The more I know, the more I see,
    How little I know.!! ;)
  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,681 Forumite
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    AndyPix wrote: »
    Note to self : avoid 50Twuncle's threads

    He's been on ignore for ages for just this sort of thread.
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