Today in Of Course Silicon Valley Doesn't Care About You, we have Google confirming that "human staff" are allowed to read users' private emails under certain circumstances.
Those with accounts connected to third-party apps are subject to this potential use of humans, BBC News reported Tuesday. Google, whose Gmail service is the most popular of its kind at over a billion active users, has insisted that its current developer policies cover this practice.
In a statement, a Google rep said that the practice involved only vetted companies and that users are willingly agreeing to it, as they submit their accounts to this when granting apps email access.
The use of human email scans was first revealed Monday by the Wall Street Journal. In their investigative report, it's further alleged that "hundreds" of software developers are able to scan the emails of users who have signed up for apps ranging in type from price comparison tools to travel planners.
Speaking of people who don't give a shit about you or anyone you know, let's see what Jack Dorsey's been up to lately:
Wait.
Sounds about right.
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