Gmail use us only as a product? Time to switch to other mail provider?

Sterox · 10 Jan 2016, 08:01 PM

Hi,

i read on this forum about the privacy concerns that some people tell about Gmail (and about other big data as Yahoo and Microsoft).

I need only a question, but if i Switch to fastmail or runbox i'm secure that they don't use or sell my personal data?

This choice is better to protect me from be used as a product?

I read a lot and it's so incredible how google can profile a person and how precise info can they extract from your gmail, your surf and your photos! After that i think that is better switch, become i'm not a product and Google is transforming people into that.

What do you think about?

Berenburger · 10 Jan 2016, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Sterox

I need only a question, but if i Switch to fastmail or runbox i'm secure that they don't use or sell my personal data?

Yes. Read their TOS.

FredOnline · 10 Jan 2016, 09:23 PM

And don't send any e-mails to your contacts that use Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.

janusz · 10 Jan 2016, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by FredOnline

don't send any e-mails to your contacts that use Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.

So cut yourself off from roughly 75% of email users.

Just Bill · 10 Jan 2016, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by janusz

So cut yourself off from roughly 75% of email users.

If everyone did that they would stop data mining. Yeah I know. Fat chance.

janusz · 10 Jan 2016, 10:55 PM

Cutting off the nose to spite the face.
Please yourself.

ezkop · 12 Jan 2016, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by janusz

So cut yourself off from roughly 75% of email users.

Where did you find that statistics?

janusz · 12 Jan 2016, 05:07 PM

It's my best guestimate (emphasis on the 1st syllable). BTW, it roughly agrees with the contents of my email address book.

ezkop · 12 Jan 2016, 08:43 PM

Actually, I'm really curious to see the market share of email services.

janusz · 12 Jan 2016, 09:24 PM

For what it's worth, Gmail + Outlook have 88% market share.

FredOnline · 13 Jan 2016, 02:05 AM

Add Yahoo! and AOL in to the mix, and you must be talking at least 95%.

David · 13 Jan 2016, 02:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sterox

Hi,

i read on this forum about the privacy concerns that some people tell about Gmail (and about other big data as Yahoo and Microsoft).

I need only a question, but if i Switch to fastmail or runbox i'm secure that they don't use or sell my personal data?

This choice is better to protect me from be used as a product?

What do you think about?

When you think about it, we all use other internet services as a product; when we access other services (to do reviews, etc) before purchasing from a third party, we are in fact guilty of this; we do this knowing that the site we are dealing with will do this to others as well as ourselves, in order to make a few dollars more.

That being the case, I do not really mind using GMail for that portion of my mail where I do not really trust the recipient to in any way value my privacy.

It's 'tit for tat' - really

Bamb0 · 16 Jan 2016, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by janusz

So cut yourself off from roughly 75% of email users.

Unfortunetly these people PUT US ALL AT RISK because they dont care!!!!! (They dont care about US either)

I had some people invite me to facebook.. BOY WAS I NOT HAPPY!!! (Took awhile getting FB to stop hounding me to join)

janusz · 16 Jan 2016, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Bamb0

Unfortunetly these people PUT US ALL AT RISK because they dont care!!!!!

send them to jail, or worse....

10 Jan 2016, 08:01 PM	#1
Sterox Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 15	Gmail use us only as a product? Time to switch to other mail provider? Hi, i read on this forum about the privacy concerns that some people tell about Gmail (and about other big data as Yahoo and Microsoft). I need only a question, but if i Switch to fastmail or runbox i'm secure that they don't use or sell my personal data? This choice is better to protect me from be used as a product? I read a lot and it's so incredible how google can profile a person and how precise info can they extract from your gmail, your surf and your photos! After that i think that is better switch, become i'm not a product and Google is transforming people into that. What do you think about?

10 Jan 2016, 09:23 PM	#3
FredOnline The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 2,616	And don't send any e-mails to your contacts that use Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.

10 Jan 2016, 10:55 PM	#6
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,945	Cutting off the nose to spite the face. Please yourself.

12 Jan 2016, 05:07 PM	#8
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,945	It's my best guestimate (emphasis on the 1st syllable). BTW, it roughly agrees with the contents of my email address book.

12 Jan 2016, 08:43 PM	#9
ezkop Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 24	Actually, I'm really curious to see the market share of email services.

12 Jan 2016, 09:24 PM	#10
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,945	For what it's worth, Gmail + Outlook have 88% market share.

13 Jan 2016, 02:05 AM	#11
FredOnline The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 2,616	Add Yahoo! and AOL in to the mix, and you must be talking at least 95%.