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New Feature Gmail messages, Threaten Privacy?

Written By Unknown on Saturday, 18 January 2014 | 04:50

Jakarta - Users of Google's Gmail service will be able to more easily send messages directly to the Gmail account that they do not know . 

 Google makes it easy to e-mail address registered with a direct way to show the appropriate list so the sender to type certain letters . This new feature will apply to all those who have registered in your Gmail account or Google+ .
However , changes in these features is considered to have caused concern among those who are very concerned about a privacy , where they worry everyone even strangers can contact them at any time .
Campaigner on the issue of privacy , Marc Rotenberg , of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said that this new feature is very " disturbing " , and compare it with the case of privacy flaw in Google's previous products .
" There are strong echoes from clutter Google Buzz , " he said , referring to the early incarnation of social networking company , which makes Gmail user's contact list can be accessed by the public online .
But Google actually reasoned , this feature will allow users to communicate with friends and their peers . In this feature , Gmail users will see a list of their Google+ connections when they start typing the name in the 'To ' when will send an email message . The same thing will happen if the sender does not know the email address of the person they are trying to contact .
This feature updates have been posted on the official Gmail blog by product manager David Nachum , who said the changes would make " people who use Gmail and Google+ easier to connect via e-mail . "
Even so , users will still be able to choose to disable this new feature or specify only certain people who are in the ' loop ' to be able to contact them . Meanwhile, users who sign up for Gmail now automatically given a Google+ account , unless they choose not to activate it .
However, the default setting of this feature allows everyone in the network can be interconnected without Google's approval .
Nachum said that all users get a warning about this new feature and how to change the default settings , in the next few days .


Sumber : Tempo
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