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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by noncoml on Sunday September 23, 2018 @11:10PM (#18054762)
I stopped trusting Google the day they announced they would use Gmail email content for displaying ads. Sometime in the late 00’s it was I think.
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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by pavlov on Monday September 24, 2018 @06:46AM (#18056561)
Your memory is a bit off. Algorithmic reading of emails for targeted ads was a feature of Gmail from day one.

Here's an article from June 2004:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/15/gmail_spook_heaven/

The privacy implications were widely discussed when Gmail launched, but then the media interest just faded out because people were apparently OK with it and Google promised to "do no evil". So here we are, 14 years later.

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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by zavi on Monday September 24, 2018 @03:15AM (#18055651)
Do they really use email content for ad targeting or are you spreading misinformation?
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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by namdnay on Monday September 24, 2018 @03:44AM (#18055758)
They did, for a few years. It was a bit scary, but also really good. It was really easy to test, if you sent an email discussing a weekend trip with some friends you'd immediately get hotel and flight ads for that destination. Actually quite useful...
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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by romanovcode on Monday September 24, 2018 @05:38AM (#18056235)
Yep.
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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by zavi on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:06AM (#18063744)
Nope. See other comment.
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