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Forbes Reviews Google's Gmail [updated]

Posted by timothy on from the capitalist-tool dept.

An anonymous reader submits "Forbes.com has what looks to be the first hands-on review of Google's forthcoming Gmail service. Aside from the 1-gigabyte storage, the searching features sound pretty useful for what the writer calls 'email packrats' which I think fits me pretty well. But I can't say I agree with the writer's opinion that privacy fears, as discussed this Slashdot thread, about the Gmail service are 'overblown.' Still and all, I'm curious to try it myself and see what I think." Update: 04/13 00:55 GMT by T : notEA writes "A California state senator is drafting legislation to block Google from releasing Gmail. Seems kind of silly, since all anti-spam filters read your messages anyway."

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  1. Re:And, by benjonson · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    In any event, as long as people are sending clear text email across the net, it's all being read and stored by _somebody_.

    Uh gee. I'm sending clear text across the net? What the hell is that? I don't care what it is, really, but nobody better read my email or I'll be royally pissed. I hear this Google place is going to read my email! No way!

    - Joe Sixpack

    Face it geeks, nobody knows what you're talking about. Google's reasonable plan is DOA.

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  2. This moronic gibberish is insightful? by Ars-Fartsica · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    This is the dreck that passes for critical thinking here? Gee, I guess everyone else is doing it, it must be okay, oh, and by the way we all love Google so we don't mind getting lubed up - they use linux!!!!

    Come now. You have no proof these other email services are reading your mail and frankly to claim as much in ignorance is a disingenous tactic even this mob of GED-dropouts must grasp.

    So what happens when I send a thousand keywords for gay sex in a spam to you? YOU'VE GOT MALE! Get used to "interesting" ads in the rest of your reading this month.

    Is your personal information grist for an adword engine? If so, sign up. In a few months when ad words from an unfortunate email won't get out of your face, you will never forget that you are part of the machine whether you like it or not...all for $5 worth of disk space.