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   Message 877 of 2,445   
   Rob Mccart to AARON THOMAS   
   Re: Your Gmail search res   
   23 Mar 25 01:45:00   
   
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   MP> The email provider is rolling out a new, smarter search function that   
   MP> will list results in terms of relevance, rather than just in   
   MP> chronological order.   
      
   AT>I already don't like it. I don't trust Google nor do I trust Gmail and it's   
   b   
     >use I've always suspected them of spying on our email.   
      
   AT>And now they're announcing that they're going to be analyzing our email for   
   r   
     >vance! That's an invasion of privacy.   
      
   AT>They already openly analyze our mail under the guise of spam moderation, but   
     >s sounds like it's going to be even more analytical.   
      
   AT>Can't trust em.   
      
   Yes.. I have a gMail address but almost no one has it, and I set it   
   up that anything that comes to me through it is forwarded to another   
   eMail account I have so very little from me ends up there. I'd get   
   nothing if I hadn't set up a few commercial places with my gMail   
   address before I knew any better. But not much information that   
   goes through there would be of any use.. Reminders that a bill is   
   coming due or a thankyou that it's been paid, so they know I pay   
   some common bills but no details are given out in those..   
      
   I also don't use Google to search for things online.   
      
   The fact that I get Zero spam is probably a good indicator that   
   what I'm doing is working fairly well.   
      
   That said, virtually all eMail providers check eMails for known   
   content often used by Spammers. I get the odd eMail dumped in a   
   Spam folder, one or two a month, with a notice that it's there in   
   case I know what it is and want to see it.. And I don't remember   
   the last time something that landed there was actually Spam, it   
   just used language/terms that looked suspect..   
      
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