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A rundown of the new Gmail

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Re: A rundown of the new Gmail

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Post by Angostura »

bambax wrote: post #78

> New features on mobile, like high-priority notifications, can notify you of important messages to help you stay focused without interruption. Err... wat. Explain again how "high-priority notifications " will help me stay focused "without interruption". This is a new level of newspeak. The ringtone is now LOUDER, which will help you enjoy silence. Anyway, I don't care about any of this. All I want to know is if I'll…

At the moment, I have notifications turned off for mail. This is an option for Gmail to attempt to judge whether a mail is high-priority and only send notifications for a subset of mails.

Re: A rundown of the new Gmail

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Post by 2RTZZSro »

bernardino wrote: post #125
donttrack wrote: post #27

Moved off google products completely. A few years ago I would probably have been excited about this but today I can’t shake the cynic telling me everything they do is to just spy more efficiently.

Was thinking of deleting my Google account completely and moving over to FastMail but I wish they had a free option like user@fastmail.com for no cost. But then again, I do like no ads.

Supporting Gmail with it's allure and illusion of a "free" account is a rejection of personal freedom and tacit acceptance of malicious authoritarianism.

Re: A rundown of the new Gmail

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Post by kroberton »

amelius wrote: post #160
kroberton wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. And: https://tutanota.com/ Gmail used to be good alright, but then it started to ask for my phone number all the time. I've switched to Tutanota recently, much better IMO, particularly the new client: https://mail.tutanota.com/

Is it open-source like protonmail?

Yep: https://github.com/tutao/tutanota/

Devs say they want to publish the app on F-Droid. https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/secure-mail-open-source

Re: A rundown of the new Gmail

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Post by mcintyre1994 »

mimsee wrote: post #98
hestefisk wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lame feature. Take screenshot. File / forward to circumvent.

What they could do is put the contents in a video* and have the media be DRM'd. You couldn't take a screenshot, only a picture with your phone. *Or image, not really sure if that works.

Can you actually DRM a video so that the OS won't let it be screenshotted? I usually use the snipping tool for Windows screenshots, does DRM stop that working somehow?

Re: A rundown of the new Gmail

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Post by timwis »

ankitank wrote: post #135

Actually, the new gmail is: https://protonmail.com/

Does it intelligently separate "promotions", "updates", and "forums" emails so you can focus on emails that are actually conversations? I used fastmail for a while and it didn't do this, and it was _so_ much harder to keep up on my inbox that I switched back to gmail :/

Re: A rundown of the new Gmail

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Post by y_molodtsov »

DocTomoe wrote: post #128
y_molodtsov wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand the hate. It's still a good way to send a password or some financial information, just because you know that it's going to be deleted soon and if in the future your contact's account is hacked it will be long gone. Basically, it's a secret chat for email.

Well, i wonder how they will make other mail providers (or clients, for that matter) to honour this kind of mail headers.

Just like services like Virtru: they would just get a link for that content.

Re: A rundown of the new Gmail

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Post by bbbobbb »

I guess there is no incentive for google to support this properly but the web client is completely pointless for anybody who has multiple gmail adresses. I want to see my stuff in a combined inbox.

Re: A rundown of the new Gmail

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Post by swiley »

pferde wrote: post #19

"Finally, a new confidential mode allows you to remove the option to forward, copy, download or print messages—useful for when you have to send sensitive information via email like a tax return or your social security number. You can also make a message expire after a set period of time to help you stay in control of your information." No, thanks. I like my e-mail archive under my own control.

People will probably just write rules to bounce these.

Re: A rundown of the new Gmail

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Post by cdancette »

bbbobbb wrote: post #168

I guess there is no incentive for google to support this properly but the web client is completely pointless for anybody who has multiple gmail adresses. I want to see my stuff in a combined inbox.

there's an option in gmail labs to activate multiple accounts, I've never tried it though
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