Re:Google Accused of Wiretapping in Gmail Scans
by gibwell on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @11:40AM
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As stated in the case, most users don't know what the assistant is doing. So by your analogy the assistant is reading the mail without permission and then secretly using what they learn to make money for themselves.
In such a case, we would certainly blame the assistant.
The mail recipient chose Google to handle his email. He could also have chosen some random human to assist him with handling his email. There is no difference.
If you wish to correspond with such a user, you must trust him not to show your email to parties you find obnoxious. If he betrays you in that regard, your beef, such as it is, is with him, not the parties he hired to handle his email.