Another article on Gmail

[mdcrab]

Groups Slam Google's New E-Mail Service

Google Inc. hails its new e-mail service as a breakthrough in online communication, but consumer watchdogs are attacking it as a creepy invasion of privacy that threatens to set a troubling precedent.

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[Cuda1447]

Their scared of gmail taking over, and if its done right it probably will.

 

[Platypus]

it's def. 1984.. finally people are starting to see that.

 

[minendo]

It's not like people are forced to sign up for the service. Don't like the way they run it, don't sign up.

 

[warcrow]

Whos holding a gun to their heads. Gmail is going to make MS, Yahoo, and whomever else has free web based email to restructure their business model for it. Competition is a good thing.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: minendo
It's not like people are forced to sign up for the service. Don't like the way they run it, don't sign up.

agreed.

 

[mdcrab]

Competition is a good thing.

correcto mundo

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[replicator]

Wow.. and there I was all eager to sign up for it.

Hopefully they let you sign up and opt-out

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: minendo
It's not like people are forced to sign up for the service. Don't like the way they run it, don't sign up.

What I was about to post. I mean, come on people. Not like you are being forced to use it.

 

[mdcrab]

You can't use it now, even if you wanted too, unless you signed up previously.

Still don't even know the introduction date, as it will be determined by the trial run presently being conducted.

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[SuperTool]

I'll get an account so I can receive large attachments. For the rest, I'll stick with yahoo.

 

[Abhi]

For 1 Gb... i dont mind.

 

[edmicman]

i read somewhere that part of the issue was that gmail archived all your messages,. i.e., anything you ever sent through it will never be deleted. I think that's where the privacy concerns came in. Might think twice before signing up for something that had a lifetime archive of every message I've ever sent.

 

[Lonyo]

Nevertheless, critics say the free storage - roughly the equivalent of 500,000 pages - isn't worth compromising individual privacy rights.

That has to be the funniest part of the article.
If it's not worth it for the privacy issue, as said already, don't freaking use it.