The Trouble with Gmail

What makes Gmail so different from sending mail from your ISP account? By time the e-mail reaches its destination address it has been "read" by several servers between you and the person you are sending the e-mail to. I know you are going to say "But it is just the packet headers that get read so it can know where to go." but what happens once your e-mail lands at the other users smtp server? The smtp server reads the e-mail then files it away for the user to retrive later. If you are worried about privacy issues than you shouldn't be using e-mail.

E-mail has never been a secure format of communication. You could always encrypt your e-mail using such tools as pgp or gpg. I find nothing wrong with Gmail really.

It's no different then the ad service which scans the content of your website and shows ads that are related to your website.

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A different prospective? [ Your argument isn't analytical ] 2004-06-16
Bipin Gautam <visitbipin_hotmail+com> (1 replies)

A different prospective? [ Your argument isn't analytical ] 2004-06-16
Matt

The Trouble with Gmail 2004-06-16
Anonymous

Your logic makes using Antivirus Software Illegal! 2004-06-18
Bart Declercq (1 replies)

Your logic makes using Antivirus Software Illegal! 2004-06-21
Anonymous

The Trouble with Gmail 2004-06-19
Matthew Murphy

Your logic makes use of any machinery at ISPs entirely illegal 2004-06-20
Simon Hradecky

The quoted law 2004-06-21
Matthew Durie

what about spam filters? 2004-06-21
Anonymous