I think the concern is that a decent exploit would unravel that web. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Chuck Hogg <ch...@shelbybb.com> wrote: > I think your thoughts purveyed are a little mis-guided. > > http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about_privacy.html > > Just a few specific items to list: > No email content or other personally identifiable information is ever > shared with advertisers. > > Google scans the text of Gmail messages in order to filter spam and detect > viruses, just as all major webmail services do. Google also uses this > scanning technology to deliver targeted text ads and other related > information. This is completely automated and involves no humans. > > It is important to note that the ads generated by this matching process are > dynamically generated each time a message is opened by the user--in other > words, Google does not attach particular ads to individual messages or to > users' accounts. > > > In addition to the information listed above, you can turn advertisements > on/off for your users, if you pay for it. We have it turned off. > > Regards, > Chuck > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Fred Goldstein <fgoldst...@ionary.com>wrote: > >> At 3/29/2011 10:07 AM, Justin wrote: >> >+1 for Chuck's write up. >> > >> >E-mail is a very essential service. People can deal with not being >> >able to get to certain web-sites, etc. But, when e-mail goes down >> >that's a big issue to them. >> > >> >I had to go through some soul searching on my first outsource to >> >Google. Took me awhile to pull the trigger. Glad I did for that >> >particular client. It doesn't make sense for everyone, but makes >> >sense in a lot of cases. >> >> Let me put in one user's reason for NOT using Gmail. >> >> Google is in the advertising and data-mining business. Gmail is >> simply another ad medium for them. They treat mail as their data, >> read the customers' mail, and inject advertising based upon its >> content. This is not only creepy, it is dangerous, especially for >> users (like me) who exchange mail that is subject to confidentiality >> rules. Gmail is probably fine for kids and grannies who are >> exchanging personal message and idle chit-chat, but I don't trust it >> for business. Most ISP-run mail systems honor the privacy of the >> payload, outside of spam filtering. >> >> -- >> Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com >> ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ >> +1 617 795 2701 >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >
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