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Re:Why we should end the data economy by belter on Friday June 04, 2021 @03:24PM (#27397970)
I have a bridge to sell you.

"Gmail messages 'read by human third parties'" https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44699263

"One company told the Wall Street Journal that the practice was "common" and a "dirty secret". ...Google indicated that the practice was not against its policies."

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Re:Why we should end the data economy by saddlerustle on Friday June 04, 2021 @03:50PM (#27398311)
That article is just describing gmail APIs, which requires explicit user consent via oauth to enable. This is no more shocking than gmail supporting IMAP.
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Re:Why we should end the data economy by belter on Friday June 04, 2021 @04:13PM (#27398581)
"The companies said they had not asked users for specific permission to read their Gmail messages, because the practice was covered by their user agreements."
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Re:Why we should end the data economy by saddlerustle on Friday June 04, 2021 @04:51PM (#27398931)
Regardless of what those third party companies told their users, users would have had to accept a pretty clear dialog [1] delegating access to their Gmail accounts. That's just how google oauth works.

[1] https://i.stack.imgur.com/aBTMm.png

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