Microsoft wants you to know that Google reads your love letters

[nsane.forums]

Microsoft has been releasing a series of "Scroogled" videos that bash Google's services and how they invade your privacy. Not to miss out on the Valentine's day holiday, Microsoft put up another video.

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Microsoft has been releasing a series of Scroogled videos that bemoan Googles services and how they invade your privacy. Not to miss out on the Valentines day holiday, Microsoft has released another video in the series.

This latest video attacks Google for reading your love letters as they are delivered to the recipients. This is an obvious attack at how Google skims your email to serve up advertisements based on the context of the email.

Microsoft wants you to know that Outlook.com does not do such things and lets your private messages be, well, private.

While we do not know how effective these advertisements are at getting users to leave Google services for Microsoft, the campaign is more about showing Googles true intentions when they offer up their free services.

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[shought]

It's a bit sad...

[edwardecl]

Desperation as Google now have the most market share of email service providers...

[DKT27]

It's a bit sad...

I find all this entertaining. :D

[Ambrocious]

Propaganda of course; both corporations are engaged in fighting each other. I also find this funny.

[insanedown58]

Good thing I'm using Yahoo Mail.

[Tweety.Abd]

It's a bit sad...

I find all this entertaining. :D

LOL! Me too! :D

[dcs18]

Propaganda of course; both corporations are engaged in fighting each other. I also find this funny.

Not 'both' - in fact 'all three.'

[xpmule]

it's like politicians running a smear campaign lol

i like how Microsoft has a big mouth and talks a lot of crap about Google etc

but stuffs their little tail between their legs and hides when anyone has bad things to say about Windows 8.

i wonder how that tactic is gonna play out for them in the long run ? (the ignoring Windows 8 haters routine)