[Alexander Turcic]

Originally Posted by jgaiser

And another take on the "News"

http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/08...vacy-in-gmail/

Folks, unless you're encrypting your email, all the email servers in the world have plaintext access to all your email. It's like writing on the back of a postcard.

Yup. It's kinda surprising that this comes up only now. I run a small email server so I know the ins and outs of how mail is locally stored. To assume that somehow the provider does not have access to those mails... well, big mistake. It's been said many times before: the only way to secure email from prying eyes is by encrypting and decrypting them client side.