BIG SECURITY problem with your Gmail-account !?

[Dinesh]

There is really no need to worry as you can completely disable Buzz by clicking on Settings>Buzz>Disable Buzz.

 

[Klaw117]

This kind of gave me an excuse to get off of Gmail. Apart from the massive amount of spam I get in my Gmail account, I've also been hearing bad things about the privacy of Gmail (I just hope Google Chrome doesn't have the same issues. Does anyone know if it does?). Therefore, I decided to place some trust in Microsoft and created a Hotmail account.

 

[Dinesh]

This kind of gave me an excuse to get off of Gmail. Apart from the massive amount of spam I get in my Gmail account, I've also been hearing bad things about the privacy of Gmail (I just hope Google Chrome doesn't have the same issues. Does anyone know if it does?). Therefore, I decided to place some trust in Microsoft and created a Hotmail account.

Even Google Chrome is insecure.
SRWare Iron - The Browser of the Future

 

[Ch@n]

I am using only GMail and no other services from apart from picasa. occasionally use chrome. Have accn. in wave, barely use it. Enabled buzz and after seeing this thread and elsewhere in google itself, disabled it. Rarely use orkut too.

I presume Hotmail is more secure. Hardly I get one or 2 spam mail for a week and it is also not original spam

 

[Barman58]

I have accounts with Googlemail, GMX and Livemail (hotmail), and have accessed all, over the last couple of years, through both outlook, (2007 & 2010), & thunderbird without any major issues.

I have also used IMAP with Googlemail and GMX without issues although GMX's implementation of IMAP is far better than Google's hash-up with tags.

As for spam (not including items which I have agreed to, whilst signing up for software etc), I have yet to see any spam from my GMX account. I am starting to see more and more spam in my google account, (the majority of which is caught by google's filters, I must add), and quite a few unsolicited Private Messages on Livemail.

I am slowly migrating my "stuff" from googlemail to GMX, The situation with livemail is more complicated as I "have" to use the Livemail account for my direct communications with Microsoft.

I will add that once a message is marked as spam in either Google or Livemail, that is the last I see of the sender.

Sorry for the long post but feel a little background was in order before I can recommend GMX to anyone

 

[hackerman1]

Barman58: "Sorry for the long post"

LONG ???

THANKS for the information.

about GMX: have you got any "offers" / advertising emails (from GMX) ?

Dinesh: "There is really no need to worry as you can completely disable Buzz..."

not about Buzz, that´s correct.
i disabled Buzz yesterday on almost all my accounts, so Buzz is not any problem anymore.
but the BIG question is: can Google be trusted ?
after doing such an insane thing with Buzz, what will they do next time ?
thats´why i started looking for an alternative.
unfortunately, livemail is not an option as they don´t support imap.

btw. during a search on the net i´ve seen some post saying that imap can be used with yahoo-accounts.
i´ve tried several different setting, but got errrormessages everytime, does anyone know if it´s posssible ?

 

[Dinesh]

Dont use IMAP with yahoo accounts. If you want to use it, there is a charge for it. You can also search "google" for other free ways. But if Yahoo finds that you are cheating them, your ID will be burst.

Edit; So I guess Gmx is a better option for you.

 

[hackerman1]

Dinesh: "Dont use IMAP with yahoo accounts. If you want to use it, there is a charge for it"

so this means imap CAN be used ?
what are the settings then ?

what charge ?
do you mean the same charge as for pop3 (yahoo-plus) ?
i have FREE pop3 on all my yahoo-accounts, it´s free on swedish accounts....

 

[Dinesh]

Yahoo Gives IMAP Access to All Users Through Zimbra Desktop

Read more: Yahoo Gives IMAP Access to All Users Through Zimbra Desktop

 

[hackerman1]

thanks, but i don´t want a desktop application.

i just need the settings, i want to get my emails not only on my pc but also on my phone.

 

[Klaw117]

This kind of gave me an excuse to get off of Gmail. Apart from the massive amount of spam I get in my Gmail account, I've also been hearing bad things about the privacy of Gmail (I just hope Google Chrome doesn't have the same issues. Does anyone know if it does?). Therefore, I decided to place some trust in Microsoft and created a Hotmail account.

Even Google Chrome is insecure.
SRWare Iron - The Browser of the Future

Thanks...I officially do not trust Google anymore.

*deletes Google Chrome and switches back to Firefox*

 

[Thorsen]

thank you for the tip! That was quite interesting.

 

[fseal]

I hope this does wake people up some.

Google has actually been "evil" for several years now. Thier original slogan "Do no evil" which the CEO recently admitted was admitted was just a marketing slogan to get the company off the ground worked SO well that 99% of the population believed it. He went on to say that if you are concerned about provacy at all then stay off the net. Well sure you should think like that, but is that the kind of thing you want to hear from the guy in charge of Google???

Although other mail services andother web apps all spy on you to a degree, Google's entire existance is about collecting as much information about you as possible and reselling it. Things like G-Mail, Chrome and the Google Desktop are gold mining operations for them.

It's fine, I can do without those things if I care. But worse is when Google comes driving down your street taking pictures of you and your proerty and then having them monitor your power consumption with electronic power meters all without your consent. It's becoming impossible to "opt out" of being spied on by Google.

Google IS big brother. It was postulated that it would be the government in a certain famous book, but why not let the private sector become BB instead?

 

[stormy13]

Thanks...I officially do not trust Google anymore.

*deletes Google Chrome and switches back to Firefox*

Don't forget this little add-on,

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/52498#

Can block Google Analytics and a few other of their ad-based annoyances.

 

[Klaw117]

Thanks...I officially do not trust Google anymore.

*deletes Google Chrome and switches back to Firefox*

Don't forget this little add-on,

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/52498#

Can block Google Analytics and a few other of their ad-based annoyances.

Wow, thanks! This will help while searching on Google because honestly, Bing isn't as good yet.

 

[Barman58]

Barman58: "Sorry for the long post"

LONG ???

THANKS for the information.

about GMX: have you got any "offers" / advertising emails (from GMX) ?

Dinesh: "There is really no need to worry as you can completely disable Buzz..."

not about Buzz, that´s correct.
i disabled Buzz yesterday on almost all my accounts, so Buzz is not any problem anymore.
but the BIG question is: can Google be trusted ?
after doing such an insane thing with Buzz, what will they do next time ?
thats´why i started looking for an alternative.
unfortunately, livemail is not an option as they don´t support imap.

btw. during a search on the net i´ve seen some post saying that imap can be used with yahoo-accounts.
i´ve tried several different setting, but got errrormessages everytime, does anyone know if it´s posssible ?

Not sure what you mean exactly about "offers" / advertising emails but the only mail I get from GMX is that which I am subscribed to, basically a news feed for new features, which is one every month or so and could be stopped whenever I wish.

If you mean actual advertising materials then just go to the site Free Webmail and E-Mail by GMX | Sign Up Now! and you should find a full description of the services and such

 

[greeman]

Thanks for the heads up. I just went in and disabled "BUZZ"