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Google to stop scanning gmail for creating targeted ads

Postby dedanna1029 » 23 Jun 2017, 23:42

Well, never thought we'd see the day. It's about time.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/techn ... SKBN19E2C7
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Re: Google to stop scanning gmail for creating targeted ads

Postby viking60 » 25 Jun 2017, 23:58

:s
I guess they discovered the other side of the coin when their data was intercepted by the NSA.
They felt sort of raped by that and maybe had some thoughts about what they were doing. In any case this is a good turn-around.
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Re: Google to stop scanning gmail for creating targeted ads

Postby dedanna1029 » 25 Jul 2017, 00:45

Well, I'm still waiting on mobile.
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Re: Google to stop scanning gmail for creating targeted ads

Postby R_Head » 25 Jul 2017, 12:07

The fox telling the chickens that all is a-ok....


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