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rphlx on Feb 4, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why do self-respecting hackers use Gmail & Co?

It is if you don't want a potential competitor, potential acquirer, or just a large amoral corporation, to have an informational advantage over you.

Drbble on Feb 4, 2012 [–]

I would LOVE for someone at Google to violate their TOS and read my mail. That would be far more profitable than any business idea I will execute this year.

a3_nm on Feb 5, 2012 | [–]

> That would be far more profitable than any business idea I will execute this year.

Why do you assume that you would ever learn about it?

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