New IE Vulnerability: XP Users Take Note
Microsoft Warns of Attacks on IE Zero-Day I know the XP topic has been covered extensively and that most XP users here are wise enough to not be IE users, but just in case anyone is still using IE ...
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sue.t wrote:
Further with Google, Gmail isn't private. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/15/gmail-scans-all-emails-new-google-terms-clarify
Why does Google need to collect so much data about people and their habits? I'll stick with https://duckduckgo.com/ for internet searching.
So does Yahoo Mail, which clearly states in their terms of service that they scan incoming/outgoing emails for marketing purposes.
But in reality, all the major free email providers scan user's emails electronically. They have to in order to use their spam/malware filtering systems. The question is what do they do with the scanned data? You really don't know if the data is being analyzed or stored for other purposes now or in the future, and not just for spam/malware filtering?
Other than using strong encryption for the message itself, you should assume that emails are not private.
