Friday, June 1, 2018

New Gmail Update with Automated Scans- Does It Invades Your Privacy ?

You are not likely to miss the new Gmail update. Well, it is something that will surely surprise you. By and large, the new features incorporated are crafted to help you sort through the mails with remarkable ease.

The intention behind integrating the changes appears to be a move to present the users with more enhanced experience. There is a prominent design shift, which is very much visible on the app’s Android, iOS and desktop versions. Embedded in the update is high priority notification for both Gmail Android app and iOS.



Besides, with Gmail automated scans, responding to all your emails is not going to be a difficult task. Instead, it helps to reduce the overall burden.

What you are supposed to gain with Gmail update?

  • Help you identify messages based on their importance and the ability to choose to which email notification you must respond to.
  • Ad-supported email service will also give reminders to users, so as to respond to messages that have not been seen or responded.
  • Automatically synchronises task between mobile devices and desktop, for which you can make use of the Google Tasks App for Android
  • A new snooze button that gives you the power to delay emails.
  • It is now possible to open attachments without having to expand conversations or email chains

All of this is made possible by the automated email scan, which has been inducted to improve the security element and present the users with an viable alternatives. This is being done to increase the overall functionality.


Is your privacy at stake?

In the context of Gmail Scanning AI feature, there appears to be some amount of confusion , among the users. While Google is categorically saying that it is not going to use the information to serve targeted ads, the issue is still not quite clear.

However, the user has been offered the option to disable the scan, which means the user will not have much to gain from the update. Keeping in mind the issue of data breach, at least Gmail appears to be a safe bet.

But the problem is that Google is aiming to use the AI scans to help you respond to your emails. By using AI to scan your emails, it does look like there is some sort of intrusion, which is not really good.


In a sense, if you are worried about the privacy concern, make sure to seek the opinion of the experts, before trying anything else on your own. 

No comments:

Post a Comment