Gmail messages 'read by human third parties'.

Pedro_P

▼ Google has confirmed that private emails sent and received by Gmail users can sometimes be read by third-party app developers, not just machines.
People who have connected third-party apps to their accounts may have unwittingly given human staff permission to read their messages.
One company told the Wall Street Journalthat the practice was "common" and a "dirty secret".
Google indicated that the practice was not against its policies.
One security expert said it was "surprising" that Google allowed it.
Gmail is the world's most popular email service with 1.4 billion users.
Google lets people connect their account to third-party email management tools, or services such as travel planning and price comparisons.
When linking an account to an external service, people are asked to grant certain permissions - which often include the ability to "read, send, delete and manage your email".
According to the Wall Street Journal, this permission sometimes allows employees of third-party apps to read users' emails.
'Not asked permission'
While messages are typically processed by computer algorithms, the newspaper spoke to several companies where employees had read "thousands" of email messages. (▪ ▪ ▪)

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bsk

interesting article

leesam3

Privacy is literally going to be non existent in sometime.

rahula1234

Interesting article , in few years there will be no privacy

wangwilly

From now, there's no one can be trusted...

tuli08@

that is ..terrifying...no privacy and security at all..unfortunately some  apps don't grant you access at all without accepting this kind of terms and conditions...

cabrito

With all the innovations and people demanding armchair controls for all activities this was bound to happen,but we should have more control.