Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail

Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by supermdguy on Friday April 13, 2018 @10:57AM (#16830557)

I wonder how "destroyed" an email is is when the NSA/FBI wants to read it a year later. Google has no incentive to actually protect the content of "self-destructing" or any other type of emails, so it's dishonest for them to pretend to provide a private email service.

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Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by ChrisAntaki on Friday April 13, 2018 @11:02AM (#16830600)

Pretty sure Gmail isn't being used for ad targeting anymore https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/technology/gmail-ads.h...

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Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by supermdguy on Friday April 13, 2018 @12:46PM (#16831659)

Oh, I didn't know that. I edited my original comment.

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Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by lovetrump on Friday April 13, 2018 @01:37PM (#16832132)

Is it because the NSA pays enough to rentabilize gmail?

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Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by supermdguy on Friday April 13, 2018 @01:41PM (#16832176)

I took out the part about ads

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Re:Google is testing expiring emails in the new Gmail by lovetrump on Friday April 13, 2018 @03:51PM (#16833357)

sometimes I just forget that ads actually exist... (except for junk mail and billboards)

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