Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours (2014)
a year ago
- #privacy
- The author runs their own email server to maintain autonomy, control, and privacy over personal emails.
- A friend, despite being privacy-conscious, uses Gmail because Google already has access to emails exchanged with Gmail users.
- The author wrote a program to analyze emails since 2004 and found that about a third of their inbox emails come from Google.
- For replied emails, Google's share is even higher, around 57% last year, indicating a significant portion of personal communication goes through Google.
- The analysis highlights the complexity of maintaining privacy in digital communication, especially when many contacts use services like Gmail.
- Encourages others to consider the implications of using services like Gmail in light of privacy concerns.
- Mentions the lack of widespread adoption of PGP/GPG for email encryption and suggests making such technologies more user-friendly.