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   Message 863 of 2,445   
   Mike Powell to AARON THOMAS   
   Re: Your Gmail search res   
   22 Mar 25 09:15:00   
   
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   > I already don't like it. I don't trust Google nor do I trust Gmail and it's   
   > because I've always suspected them of spying on our email.   
      
   > And now they're announcing that they're going to be analyzing our email for   
   > relevance! That's an invasion of privacy.   
      
   > They already openly analyze our mail under the guise of spam moderation, but   
   > this sounds like it's going to be even more analytical.   
      
   > Can't trust em.   
      
   I don't know for a fact, but I suspect that this new service "for the users"   
   is also providing a "service" to their AI development in the form of more   
   information to feed into their AI models.   
      
   So, yeah, it could be fishy.   
      
   OTOH, if that is not the case, they may not necessarily be invading your   
   privacy.  If the bot only analyzes your messages when you open your Inbox,   
   or only then if you ask it to, and isn't sharing that information with   
   anyone/thing but you, then it is probably not much more than an advanced   
   search agent.   
      
   That is a lot of ifs, though.   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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