said by MyDogHsFleas:said by thender:gmail allows one's email to be read,
OK I'll PM you my gmail ID if you bet me $1000 that you can send me one of my emails.
Oh, I'm sorry... you meant
Google can read gmail, not just "gmail allows one's email to be read" ??
OK, then... let's ask Google. Do they read your email? Um, no, not in the commonly accepted meaning of the term "read".
They have automated scans that determine what ads to display, so that they can get some revenue for this free service. Some people think this is a big privacy problem, but when put factually as "gmail displays ads for you based on the context of your email", most people don't have a problem with it.
Look, if you don't want advertising-paid webmail, pay for a service that doesn't have ads! This is not a privacy issue, it's a business model question.
google cookies stay forever and track where you browse.
Not really at all. Too long for me to rebut here, just read
the Google disclosure which is quite specific.
It's the end of a long workday, I meant to put read by their servers. I didn't intend to imply that I or mr john next door can read your email, that was terrible phrasing on my part.
