DPI and ISPs versus Gmail and Google

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: jon.strayer () gmail com [jon.strayer () gmail com] On Behalf Of Jon Strayer [jon () strayer org]
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 9:31 AM
To: David Farber
Subject: For IP DPI and ISPs versus Gmail and Google

For IP if you wish.

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 12:55 AM, David Farber <dave () farber net<mailto:dave () farber net>> wrote:

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From: Seth Finkelstein [sethf () sethf com<mailto:sethf () sethf com>]

       I'd say the elephant in the room is Google's Gmail. People
know that, right? Recall, Gmail READS EVERY MAIL MESSAGE TO SERVE ADS!

Ah, but there is a big difference.  I can use Gmail or not.  I can use Gmail for things that are going to be posted on 
the Internet anyway and another account for things I really want to keep private.

But if my ISP is scanning every packet then I'm stuck.  Sure, I can switch to another ISP, but the odd are they are 
going to scan the packets too.




       This all seems to be a slippery slope in action:

1) Email is scanned for spam and virus reasons
2) So Google can scan email to serve ads

Google can scan my email because I gave them permission to do so (by using their optional service).  Having an ISP is 
not optional if you want to use the Internet.


--
Esse Quam Videre
To Be, rather than to Seem


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