Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu spy program

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Author: Anton Piatek
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu spy program
On 14 December 2012 08:33, Tony Whitmore <tony@???> wrote:

> On 2012-12-14 08:26, Gordon Scott wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 07:27 +0000, Anton Piatek wrote:
>>
>>> I notice you use Gmail. Are you not more worried about what google
>>> does with that massive wealth of personal data (all your mail)?
>>>
>>
>> And Google most definitely does scan gmail and use the content!
>> Of that I have no doubt.
>>
>
> Of course. They declare that they do in the T&Cs for the service. They
> actively scan the contents of your e-mail to better tailor adverts to your
> interests. Facebook does the same.



And both of those make the unity shopping lens look really friendly and
welcoming by comparison... yet I still use gmail, google, android, and
facebook...

Anton

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