[ale] What's so special about gmail invites?

[Robert Reese]

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On 9/3/2004 at 3:51 PM George Carless wrote:

>> This is the point on which you are wrong:
>> "GMail provide a service, for free, and detail up-front what
>> their intentions are with regards to scanning e-mail etc"
>> 
>> GMail has not bothered to warn those people that send email to GMail
>users
>> that their inbound email is subject to analysis, especially since this
>> analysis is for advertising.  Nor are the recipients of email from GMail
>> users notified of this fact.  You see, the GMail user has taken the
>liberty
>> of agreeing to a privacy policy for both themselves and their recipients
>> and sendees.  Last time I checked, an individual was only allowed to make
>> agreements for themselves.


You missed this point:
"GMail has not bothered to warn those people that send email to GMail
users"

Unless GMail is going to send an opt-in request before forwarding mail sent to GMail accounts, most people won't even know to go to http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/privacy.html

Cheers,
Robert~

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