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Originally Posted by mrlipring
ermm. graham, your point there is about a security hole in google/froogle/gmail. Not about privacy (or lack of privacy) with gmail.
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The point is that it could allow someone complete access to your e-mail account. I would call that a threat to privacy!
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If there's something specifically about gmail's TOS or whatever, that doesn't apply to the others as well, then please let everyone know
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You mean like the fact your having to agree to have gmail scan your e-mails and that the mail *is* being not only *read*, but *acted upon*, and in a way that personal data about can be passed back to an advertiser?
Note that I'm not talking about spam blocking or virus checking. Yes, they also rely on your mail being read and it being acted upon, but that's where it stops.
This is going beyond that sort of concept to one where information about the contents of your mail is available to third parties and that I definitely object to.
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something like a security hole, that wasn't even a problem with gmail specifically, is clutching at straws.
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Excuse me? "wasn't even a problem with gmail specifically"? So which *other* webmail service was google patching...?
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gmail is still in beta. if you're not prepared to put up with some teething problems, you shouldn't be using it.
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And are the T&Cs also in beta? Well, they may be revised if enough people object.
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If you have any particularly sensitive info, you shouldn't be using free email services
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Whether the data is "particularly sensitive" or not is irrelevant. E-mail contents should be treated as private no matter what.
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Not all extended warranties are bad
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No, but the ones that people are usually faced with almost certainly are.
If you want an extended warranty you can buy one from a broker for a lot less than the shop price or you may find you're covered under your household insurance or credit card policy.
But if people aren't aware of this, just as they may not be entirely aware of the breaches of their privacy in gmail, then should I *not* mention the drawbacks...???