Alex Schuster wrote:
Dale writes:
kashani wrote:
Dale wrote:
[Google stores emails forever, reads them, may combine the data with your
google searches, can create user profiles]
That may be true but it's not like I'm downloading child porn, planning
a terrorist attack or something either. I mean, NSA can read whatever
they want, most likely even encrypted messages, and we would never even
know about it.
But isn't this true of any ISP or email host?
No!
I guess about all of them have privacy statements that do not allow this. If
this is even needed, I doubt that in my country this behaviour would be
legal. As it would be illegal for my phone company to listen to my calls.
But they can. Some people break the law. I see telephone guys hook up
to whatever line is available and make phone calls. They used to do
that a lot back in the old days. They can also listen to conversations
if someone is on the line. Illegal, sure, stops them from doing it, no.
But my point was, whoever owns the email server can read the emails.
Right? If I used your service, would you be able to read my emails if
you chose to? Not that you would but that you *could*.
Sure, they can. And telephone companies also could easily listen to your
phone calls, but do you assume they do? And, if so, would you use a company
who openly states that they will record your phone calls forever, listen to
it, use whatever you say in them for whatever purpose they like?
I would assume they were just in case. Don't go planning a bank
robbery, murder, terror attack or something on a telephone. It's just
not real bright.
I would assume if a email was encrypted that would be a different story.
Well, only if everyone who sends you emails does encrypt, too.
And, still: From the moment on that you opened the gmail site in your
konqueror or firefox, every google search that you ever did in that browser
before now is known to google. Well, they knew them before of course, but
they did not know yet who you are. Now they do.
Wonko
I have had the gmail account for years. I got it back when you had to
have a invite to even get one. Of all the things for me to worry about,
Google isn't even on the list yet.
Dale
:-) :-)
