I'm a bit wary of the fact that Google scans emails for advertising, I'd rather avoid that if possible.
Feck, I actually hadn't thought of that, I only imagined they scanned outgoing stuff for some reason.
Google for Work does not scan your data or email in Google Apps Services for advertising purposes.
Google processes your data to fulfill our contractual obligation to deliver our services. Google’s customers own their data, not Google. The data that companies, schools, and students put into our systems is theirs. Google does not sell your data to third parties. Google offers our customers a detailed Data Processing Amendment that describes our commitment to protecting your data.
Ernst & Young, an independent auditor, has verified that our privacy practices and contractual commitments for Google Apps for Work and Google Apps for Education comply with ISO/IEC 27018:2014. For example:
We do not use your data for advertising
The data that you entrust with us remains yours
We provide you with tools to delete and export your data
We are transparent about where your data is stored
Thanks for the info, I'll look into that but surely you'll still get scanned sending to free gmail so it's a simmilar position?
yup
but then you get 30GB of storage (vs 15GB on gmail), and can store stuff there without being scanned (gmail, docs, sheets, drive etc)
https://support.google.com/a/answer/1186436
(1TB for the $10/user/month premium option, unlimited if you have at least 5 users on the premium option)
(surprisingly, if you just purchase google drive storage, it costs $2/100GB, $10/1TB, $100/10TB+... if you're paying $10/1TB, might as well pay for premium google apps for work)
what level of privacy do you care about?
Thanks everyone for the feedback, the consensus seems to be either a fully password protected service or just accept a certain amount of transparency as a market norm then.
(I distrust Google so much that I have zero Google apps on my Android phone).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29
And they probably backup all your Apps. If you distrust Google that much and maybe Apple, or even Winblows, get a Blackphone from Silent Circle!
that's the idea - provide a much better, free product, low friction (dont have to enter password to decrypt email all the time, or sign emails with PGP key)Google scans all incoming mail to gmail accounts that kind of shits all over that desire.
I am fully aware that Android is developed by Google, but I installed Cyanogenmod (based on AOSP) without installing Gapps. There are no Google apps or accounts on my phone.
and then cyanogen inc has data on from your phone , unless you remove all that junk if it's there, and use firewalls
then you distrust the closed source modem and the potential hidden commands
and then you realize that your carrier might actually be tracking you without your consent. (at least verizon stopped it)
http://arstechnica.com/business/2016...sparency-rule/
oh well, again, howparanoidmuch privacy do you care about
make sure everything you use is https encrypted (and none of your root CAs are compromised/doing things you don't agree with: http://arstechnica.com/security/201...rtificate-fraud-calls-ca-trust-into-question/
I am fully aware that Android is developed by Google, but I installed Cyanogenmod (based on AOSP) without installing Gapps. There are no Google apps or accounts on my phone.
That does seem like an interesting service. My only problem with these types of free services is if they run out of money.I use openmailbox. Works well.