Re:Yahoo scanned customer emails for US intelligence
by Magnets on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @07:32AM
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I guess they are using the same justification as GCHQ; they use tools to scan everything and a human doesn't actually read ("rifle through") the majority of material.
Is it still an invasion of privacy if a machine reads my emails? Google read my emails to check for spam.
Re:Yahoo scanned customer emails for US intelligence
by maxymoos on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @08:01AM
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To me, the main difference is that you know about Google's automatic parsing of your emails upfront and it can therefore be a factor in your subscribing/unsubscribing decision.
Is it still an invasion of privacy if a machine reads my emails? Google read my emails to check for spam.