[Solar-general] [OT]Gmail

[Sebastian Bassi]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:51:58 -0300, Nahuel Iglesias <niglesias at gmail.com> wrote:
> Exactamente, el revuelo era porque un programa iba a examinar el
> contenido de los mensajes para decidir qué publicidades o links
> relevantes convenía poner... una pavada, vea. Se supone que eso
> vulnera mi privacidad???

De la misma manera que te la vulnera el filtro anti-spam y el
antivirus. Ambos programas LEEN tus e-mail para verificar que no
tengas spam o virus. Pero nunca nadie se quejó de que el programa
antivirus te lee los mails.
Si el servicio es voluntario y estas informado previamente, para mi es
totalmente legitimo.

> Por otra parte lo de gmailfs está interesante, pero no sé si no
> resulta inaceptable según las condiciones de uso del servicio
> (¿Alguien se fijó?)

A mi me parece de lo mas aceptable. No es como MS que reclama
propiedad de lo que pasa por su sistema.
Aca estan los terminos y condiciones:

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