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Google: If You Use Gmail, You Have "No Legitimate Expectation of Privacy"

by ronrule
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If you happen to be one of the 400 million people who use Gmail for sending and receiving emails, you shouldn't have any expectation of privacy, according to a court briefing obtained by the Consumer Watchdog website. In a motion filed last month by Google to have a class action complaint dismissed, Google's lawyers reference a 1979 ruling, holding that people who turn over information to third parties shouldn't expect that information to remain private.

Gmail security: Google says users have "no legitimate expectation of privacy."
#gmail #google
  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Well someone didn't argue that one very well. As soon as your login is password protected you should be considered to have a right to privacy. If not, WTF are passwords for? What are privacy policies for?

    The problem is not a few online programs -- its a social/governmental issue and our win and loss of privacy will be determined offline eventually. Right now, many sites are bending very easily to gov "requests" for info. Youtube is above and beyond in censorship. I don't even think they put up a fight against it. I also remember when google threatened to get out of China when that country insisted on censorship, but I don't see any fight against US data mining at all.

    If you want privacy -- find a cave somewhere out in the middle of nowhere - and watch out for drones.
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