We trust our email providers to be neutral carriers of our private thoughts, much like a postal service. Google has traded that trust for a surveillance model that scans, stores, analyzes, and manipulates. In an age of invisible algorithms, how do we rebuild a digital world where «free» doesn’t mean «surrendered»? In 2012, when I […] The post The Betrayal of Trust: Why Gmail is Not a Public Service appeared first on StoneZone .
We trust our email providers to be neutral carriers of our private thoughts, much like a postal service. Google has traded that trust for a surveillance model that scans, stores, analyzes, and manipulates. In an age of invisible algorithms, how do we rebuild a digital world where «free» doesn’t mean «surrendered»? In 2012, when I began to understand how potentially dangerous Google was – that in more than one respect, we paid for the company’s apparently free services with our freedom – I grew increasingly reluctant to communicate with people through Gmail, Google’s surveillance email system. First introduced in 2004, Gmail is now the most widely used email system in the world, with approximately two billion users; it is…Open
Luke Igel, one of the creators behind a new platform called “J‑Mail,” joins NewsNation to explain how he and another tech innovator, both in their 20s, built a tool to sift through the massive final dump of Jeffrey Epstein files, more than 100 gigabytes totaling nearly 3.5 million pages. The pair devised a workaround that lets anyone log on and search Epstein’s personal email archive as if they were inside his inbox. Branded as “J‑Mail," the platform has already attracted more than 150 million users. Chris Cuomo hosts "CUOMO," a no-nonsense show featuring the day's most important news from all perspectives. "CUOMO" airs weeknights at 8p/7C on NewsNation. #CUOMO NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all…