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Originally Posted by infinite monkey
What's weird...yesterday I was emailing from my google account, kidding about becoming a dog pooper scooper. Next to the inbox list there is a "learn more about..." section and it had listed "pooper scooper."
Now how in the heck does google know about that? They even snake your gmail? That's unsettling to me.
What happens if I have email sex? "Learn more about...heaving bosom." "Learn more about...turgid pillar of manhood."
Yeesh.
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Umm ... that was always Gmail's business plan. Scan your emails for keywords and provide targeted advertising, bill the advertisers. How else does a free email service get so damn rich?
Google and facebook work on the same principle.
The recent change is that they are now cross-referencing the information from google, gmail, youtube etc to build a fuller picture of you, for better targeting of ads.
Nothing on line is private. Sometimes a bit hard for Joe Public to see, but the companies that run these services have you in their databases.
If you don't want to share it with the world, don't post it online anywhere.