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Re:Google speakers are listening to more than just voice com... by jhardy54 on Saturday August 08, 2020 @11:00AM (#24092094)
No it isn't.

Google didn't originally scan emails. Then they did. Then they didn't.

Countering "Google scanned emails" with "well the don't right now" is the only ridiculous behavior in this thread.

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Re:Google speakers are listening to more than just voice com... by joshuamorton on Saturday August 08, 2020 @01:18PM (#24093301)
But they did[0] from the beginning. And then later they stopped. There was no start then stop. There was only a stop.

(I work on Gmail)

[0]: https://privacyrights.org/resources/privacy-and-civil-libert... (from 2004, the year Gmail launched)

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Re:Google speakers are listening to more than just voice com... by jhardy54 on Saturday August 08, 2020 @01:53PM (#24093640)
Interesting, thanks for the correction! I could've sworn that Gmail provided some "we don't scan your email" privacy since the beginning but it sounds like I was confused.
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