MS Targets Google With Another Smear Campaign 513
walterbyrd writes with news that Microsoft's PR department has started a campaign to convince Gmail users that Google reads your personal emails, referring to Google's automated method of scanning emails for keywords to generate supposedly relevant advertising.
"The gist of the scare campaign is that Google is a scary, scary company that reads your private emails in order to send you targeted ads. 'Even if you don't use Gmail, if you send email to someone who does, Google goes through those emails to generate advertising revenue too,' Microsoft warns in material sent to reporters. Oh, and Microsoft points out that six class-action lawsuits have been filed against Google over this issue, and asks people to sign a petition 'to tell Google to stop going through your personal email messages.'"
Microsoft's solution to the problem? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Speaking of "Smear Campaigns"... (Score:5, Funny)
Now, who's more evil? Google or Microsoft?
Apple
Encrypt your e-mails (Score:2, Funny)
The inevitable next step by Kim Dotcom's Mega.co.nz's completely encrypted file sharing is completely encrypted messaging. When that takes off, Google's evil practice of not encrypting mail will be left for dust. They're going to lose a lot of customers unless they decide to jump first. Which, as you can see, will lose them more revenue.
Re:Speaking of "Smear Campaigns"... (Score:4, Funny)
agreed.
Google DOES read your email, and we learned from the Patreus affair that access to that email is handed over without a warrant as well.
Are we living in a police state yet?
First they came for the generals.
Re: Speaking of "Smear Campaigns"... (Score:3, Funny)
Anyone who uses the word "fanbois" should be sterilized and permanently segregated from society.
Re:Speaking of "Smear Campaigns"... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Who cares? Boolean opperators are broken. (Score:5, Funny)
...the end is definitely fucking neigh for google
Why? Is someone giving Sergei a pony?
Re:Saw an ad on ABC last night with my wife (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, and we all have a "sex inspector" that goes to every house and takes notes. If we don't have enough quality sex, we'll receive "death points". These will be taken into account by the death panels when they decide if we're entitled to medical treatment in a public hospital.
But don't worry, we have plenty of time to watch TV during our 6 month vacation. And we spend the rest of the year on strike, so we get to watch a lot of it. It's just that we don't have Cheetos and Budwiser while watching TV. Instead we have goat cheese and red wine.