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		tedunangst on Oct 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook confirms it is scanning your private mess... Somehow gmail manages to auto suggest and complete email addresses for me. Sounds a lot like they tracking who I correspond with.

dumb-dumb on Oct 5, 2012 [–]

Yes. 2s/aim/initially aim/

I rarely use Javascript (certainly not for email) so I wouldn't know about all the latest Gmail "features". :)

What I was hinting at was a sort of evolutionary pressure on Google... to start using personally identifiable information. That pressure being Facebook as a perceived competitor.

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