Internet users should think carefully before relying on Gmail.
This story, by a veteran TR correspondent, first appeared in the Dec. 2005/Jan. 2006 issue of Technology Review. It explores the complex issues of privacy and data security as they relate to Gmail, the increasingly popular, free web-mail service from Google.
Google's Gmail raises important questions about the security and privacy of our personal information -- questions that should matter not just to users of the free Web-based e-mail system but to everyone who exchanges e-mail with Gmail users.
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