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<p><font size="+2">Hi</font></p>
<p><font size="+2">I was hoping for a more expert response from this
list, but lacking that, here mine goes.</font></p>
<p><font size="+2">It depends on your definition of "security" or
what kind of security you need. <br>
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<p><font size="+2">From an aktivix admin point of view, just
'having' a gmail account yourself you are compromising your own
privacy to one of the biggest corporations of the world. <br>
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<p><font size="+2">The more you use it, the more you compromise.
Remember both gmail and your internet service provider, if you
pay one, (and if you don't, the provider of the library or
whoever else's you use) record the times and durations of your
connections to the gmail servers.</font></p>
<p><font size="+2">In terms of real life practical needs, it seems
most people need to compromise in order, for example, to use
very widely-used applications that we end up needing in order to
have necessary communications as is nowadays expected (I am
talking whatsapp).</font></p>
<p><font size="+2">Also in practical terms, if you include your
gmail account in your thunderbird, interactions between the two
depend on the default of both, and the settings you can control
in both interfaces. i know roughly what things I can and can't
control using thunderbird; I honestly do not know what things
gmail can do in my computer using the access it gains when
installing a gmail account on thunderbird.</font></p>
<p><font size="+2">What I do know from ubuntu default settings and
internet readings etc is that Gmail does not 'like' you using an
email client with gmail accounts. Gmail prefers users to use the
Gmail interface, maybe becuase they have put so much money and
effort to make what allegedly is the best email interface
available, or maybe it is because it is possible to observe and
record patterns of behavious (including when emails are
received, opened, answered, sent, possibly even key strokes as emails
are </font><font size="+2"><font size="+2"> typed</font>) when
using the interface than using a mail client that will only let
gmail know when emails are received and sent.</font></p>
<p><font size="+2">If gmail would interfere with other mailboxes
including aktivix, I don't know, but same as I said that the
least we use google the better, I would say if we must use it,
the further away we keep google from more humane services the
better.</font></p>
<p><font size="+2">I believe this applies to all big corporations
providing services 'for free'.</font></p>
<p><font size="+2">Hope this helps</font></p>
<p><font size="+2">bou</font></p>
<p><font size="+2">1 of aktivix<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 28/07/18 09:42, mx wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hi folks,
I am not sure if adding a gmail account to Thunderbird would compromise
the security in my laptop, or at least in the aktivix email account I
have in Thunderbird, what do you think?
Thanks and I hope you are having a good summertime,
mx,
x
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