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Old 03-07-2006, 03:36 PM   #1
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Privacy conern: Is Gmail safe to use?
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Old 03-07-2006, 03:47 PM   #2
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why wouldn't it, have you heard anything bad about it?
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Old 03-07-2006, 03:57 PM   #3
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Default Re: Is Gmail safe to use?

I don't know if it's safe, but Gmail is too creepy for me to use it for important email.

But then again I don't trust Google ether, after reading the Google Watch website.

I make sure to Anonymize Google's cookie on every machine I use.
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Old 03-07-2006, 03:58 PM   #4
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Well a fellow PL member told me that if i value privacy to stop using gmail. He said go to google-watch.org
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Old 03-07-2006, 04:53 PM   #5
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Even with the percautions such as using http://www.imilly.com/google-cookie.htm#googleanon & http://www.customizegoogle.com/
the person is still saying don't use gmail. What do you guys suggest?
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Old 03-07-2006, 06:07 PM   #6
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The way I see it, I'm not conducting/discussing any illegal activities (while using my gmail account) and so gmail is welcome to read through my mundane life activities if they're interested. I could care less about privacy.

So it depends on your stance on privacy, whether or not to use gmail.
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Old 03-07-2006, 06:44 PM   #7
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It depends on what you are talking about. I only use it for simple emails that any smuck could read and get absolutely nothing out of them.

Now, I wouldn't use gmail for sending confidential information.
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Old 03-07-2006, 06:47 PM   #8
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I'm referring to just sending jpeg's to have a friend make wallpapers out of them and then sending it back. No illegal activities at all using gmail.
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If you can't even give it away for free, how do you expect to sell it?
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Old 03-07-2006, 08:19 PM   #9
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Then why not use it?
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Old 03-07-2006, 08:23 PM   #10
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Because a certain person (name witheld) said that still using gmail is not recommended to just use your isp email account.
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