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Google is certainly not without faults, but it does not read your email. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6603?hl=en "We will not scan or read your Gmail messages to show you ads."

Disclaimer: I currently work at Google.

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The fact they are using this phrase implies they may scan or read it for other purposes, for example I'm sure they use it to train their neural networks. What else? I don't exactly know and that's a problem.

It's a valid point, being more explicit would be better. At minimum they are scanning it to ensure there are no viruses; my assumption is that they are not doing it for any other purpose, but that's just an assumption.

To be argumentative, though, I would wager a lot of money that you don't know what _exactly_ your SMS messages are being scanned for either.

> I would wager a lot of money that you don't know what _exactly_ your SMS messages are being scanned for either

Precisely, this is why I try to limit my use of services that require my phone number for any reason, and sms messaging in general.

> The fact they are using this phrase implies they may scan or read it for other purposes

Spam filtering.

Ok. Why are we even sitting here speculating about it? Why don't they say what its being used for and instead leave it vague and open ended?

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