Review

The Fuss About Gmail and Privacy: Nine Reasons Why It's Bogus - Tim O'Reilly
O'Reilly Media - April 16, 2004
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4707
"Despite the claims of critics, I don't see that the kind of automated text scanning that Google would need to do to insert context-sensitive ads is all that different from the kind of automated text scanning that is used to detect spam. (And in fact, those oppressed by spam should look forward to having Google's brilliant search experts tackle spam detection as part of their problem set!)"