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Google Gets the Message, Launches Gmail

 
 
Craven de Kere
 
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Reply Thu 26 Aug, 2004 11:42 am
Virus scanners scan the email but do not provide a vector for miscreants like Google does with the ads.

I've been running tests on my own beta Gmail account and have created proof of concept of the exploits and "Gmail-phishing" I spoke of.
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Thok
 
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Reply Thu 26 Aug, 2004 12:02 pm
Thanks Craven, but what about this?

Thok wrote:

btw, apropos mail : It struck me not but now, why there is on a2k no a funktion avaible to show the email in the profile?
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Craven de Kere
 
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Reply Thu 26 Aug, 2004 01:49 pm
It was removed to prevent spammers from using this site to harvest email addresses.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 09:38 pm
Craven de Kere wrote:
Adrian wrote:
1 gigabyte free storage...

You sure this isn't an april 1 kinda story?


Nope, the catch is that their spider will eventually read your messages and serve contextual ads to you.

They have what could be a killer app. They get access to your email so that they can help you search it, and in turn get to monetize email with contextual advertising. Something that has never been done before.

This is going to make them a killing. 1GB is cheap for targeted eyballs.



I had a funny (to me) example of these contextual ads tonight. Since most of my gmail so far has consisted of "test" and "here's your invite" and "thank you", I haven't seen many ads on gmail at all. Tonight, it was a side bar of Howard Dean ads. Howard Dean? Why am I getting Howard Dean ads? ahhhhhh, the person who sent me a "thank you" is Dean. One of the biggest red neck michigan militia types i know. His emails are now accompanied by Howard Dean ads. I'll tell him if I want him to stroke out.

errrrrrr, yes, the words match, but the context not so much.
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PDiddie
 
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Reply Sun 12 Dec, 2004 09:21 pm
I have invitations to open a Gmail account available to the next six people who PM me with an e-mail address to which I can send you the invite.
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PDiddie
 
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Reply Mon 13 Dec, 2004 05:02 pm
All out. But will post here again when I have more.
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Mon 13 Dec, 2004 06:06 pm
I have six too. Let me know by PM if you want a G Mail account.
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Craven de Kere
 
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Reply Tue 14 Dec, 2004 12:34 am
If you never want to run out, use the last one on yourself.
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husker
 
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Reply Tue 14 Dec, 2004 12:58 am
Craven de Kere wrote:
If you never want to run out, use the last one on yourself.


no kidding?
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PDiddie
 
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Reply Tue 21 Dec, 2004 04:49 pm
Five more invitations. Who wants one?

Send me a PM with yor e-mail address.
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