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Re:No privacy rules needed: ISPs say Web browsing isn’t “sen... by bonzini on Friday March 17, 2017 @03:58PM (#13897429)
And Gmail complies to privacy laws indeed. They can scan content automatically to show ads, but they cannot sell a list of people that you exchanged email with, at least not without your consent.
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Re:No privacy rules needed: ISPs say Web browsing isn’t “sen... by loup-vaillant on Friday March 17, 2017 @05:26PM (#13898132)
> They can scan content automatically to show ads

This is even worse than manually spying on people: automation gives leverage. Now all we have to do is repurpose these targeted ad engine to deduce things other than buying preferences.

Sure, they have their surface ethic (and Alphabet's employees have their actual ethic), but the tools they have in place for total surveillance is downright chilling.

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