Gmail tracks the history of things you buy, and it’s hard to delete

Re:Gmail tracks the history of things you buy, and it’s hard... by sib on Friday May 17, 2019 @08:00PM (#19944710)

I took 140 flights last year. I made a larger number than that of online purchases. Adding / tracking all that stuff manually is a pure waste of time.

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Re:Gmail tracks the history of things you buy, and it’s hard... by jeromegv on Friday May 17, 2019 @09:42PM (#19945072)

Use TripIt then. Looks like you’re nitpicking on small reasons.

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Re:Gmail tracks the history of things you buy, and it’s hard... by TheDong on Friday May 17, 2019 @10:03PM (#19945147)

Okay, so share my email with another company (fastmail + tripit now), and use a separate calendar (unless it integrates with google calendar?)

I trust gmail's security more than tripit, thanks. I think I'd be more worried about the world learning of my trip history if I used tripit than if I used gmail for that.

And also, the average user does not care. They don't want to think about it even to the point of researching a service, they get used to their phone telling them they have a flight the next day, and they want that to keep happening. They don't think about how it works and if they did, "oh no my privacy" is not something they'd think afterward.

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