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[Blog] We're all Gmail users now: Privacy as an ecological issue

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Even if you're not using Google's Gmail service yourself, many of your friends will. How well can we really protect our privacy when we opt out of centralised web services?

Based on analysis by Benjamin Mako Hill, Karsten has explored this question in a couple of blog posts in English and German. The upshot: Privacy is an ecological question, just like breathable air and clean water.