Why Yahoo Should Abandon Email Scanning

twoheadedboy writes "Yahoo has come under fire for updating its terms and conditions so it can scan user emails. The move has attracted the attention of notable privacy group Big Brother Watch, which has called on the email provider to scrap the feature altogether. Yahoo says it is only doing the scanning to identify spam and better target ads, but that still hasn't put people off from criticizing the firm."

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And GMail gets a pass?

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Is this the same scanning that Google does with GMail? If so, why no outcry there?