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A question
Aug. 27th, 2004 10:42 amWhat's the big deal about GMail? I keep seeing people on my f-list asking for and offering invites, and I have no idea why. When I first heard about the premise, and that Google would "read" the content of emails you send and receive to target advertising to you, etc., I thought, WTF? Why would anyone want to do that?
Clearly people did want to do it, since it quickly became the "it" new email address to have. I'm still skeptical, myself. I'll offer some interesting links, though. Some of these express views that are a bit paranoid, but are still intriguing:
GMail is too creepy
( Read excerpt )
Things Google knows about you
( Read excerpt )
Privacy subtleties of GMail
( Read excerpt )
Clearly people did want to do it, since it quickly became the "it" new email address to have. I'm still skeptical, myself. I'll offer some interesting links, though. Some of these express views that are a bit paranoid, but are still intriguing:
GMail is too creepy
( Read excerpt )
Things Google knows about you
( Read excerpt )
Privacy subtleties of GMail
( Read excerpt )
