Gmail will now allow connections on Google Plus to email you even if they don't know your email address. There has been much criticism of the decision due to privacy concerns. Check out the stories below:
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Gmail update:
Reach more people you know
Ever wanted to email someone you know, but haven't yet exchanged email addresses? Starting this week, when you're composing a new email, Gmail will suggest your Google+ connections as recipients, even if you haven't exchanged email addresses yet.
How it works with email addresses
Emailing Google+ connections works a bit differently to protect the privacy of email addresses. Your email address isn't visible to your Google+ connections until you send them an email, and their email addresses are not visible to you until they respond.
Receiving email from people outside your circles
If you receive an email from someone outside your circles, it will be filtered into the Social category of the inbox (if enabled) and only after you respond or add them to your circles, can they start another conversation with you.
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You're in control of whether people can reach you with a new setting in Gmail on the desktop. To learn more, check out the Help Center.
*As a Gmail user I received this information directly from Google.
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The Daily Mail posted this story. See the original HERE.
How strangers could soon be invading your inbox: Gmail about to get even less private with update that allows people to send you emails without having your address
By Daniel Miller
Users of Google's web-based email service Gmail will be bombarded with messages from total strangers following a system update which allows people to send them emails without needing their address, it is feared.
The change, announced on yesterday, is designed to integrate Gmail with Google+, the firm's two-and-a-half-year old social network that has 540 million active users.
As well as seeing their social network contacts added to their list of email contacts, the update means Google+ users will be able to email people on the social network directly even if they don't have their address.
'Have you ever started typing an email to someone only to realize halfway through the draft that you haven't actually exchanged email addresses?' the company said in a blog post announcing the feature.
'You're in luck, because now it's easier for people using Gmail and Google+ to connect over email.'
Google said that users who did not wish to receive email messages from other people on Google+ could switch the settings so that they receive messages only from people they have added to their networks of friends or from no one at all.
Some privacy advocates said Google should have made the new feature 'opt-in,' meaning that users should explicitly agree to receive messages from other Google+ users, rather than being required to manually change the setting.
Read the full story HERE.
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by Dante D'Orazio
Google just made it really easy for strangers to email you
You no longer need someone's email address to send them an email. At least, that will soon be the case if you want to email another Google+ user. A new Gmail "feature" will let you simply type in anyone's name into Gmail's "to" field and send them an email. Google announced the new Google+ integration on its Gmail blog today, but company representatives have clarified to The Verge that — by default — anyone on its social network will be able to send messages to your Gmail inbox.
Once the service goes live over the next few days, a new setting will appear in Gmail called "Email via Google+." If you don't want everyone on Google+ to be able to send you an email, you'll have to opt out by selecting "no one" or choosing another option to limit the feature to people in certain circles. It's important to note that even if you do let people send you emails through their Google+ connection, your actual email address won't be revealed unless you choose to respond to the email. Google also says that emails from Google+ users outside of your circles will not hit your "primary" inbox — they'll be placed in the new "social" tab it introduced earlier this year. The change continues the company's push to integrate Google+ with the rest of its popular online services, but it's concerning as it turns a private space — your inbox — into a social one.
The new feature — and the guaranteed controversy to follow — is reminiscent of the company's attitude towards its failed Buzz social network. The service was opt-out only and led to backlash and ultimately a class-action lawsuit. Notably, the feature itself would be helpful if it was opt in; it'd provide an easy way to allow those you've added to your circles to contact you even if you haven't yet exchanged email addresses. By making this an opt-out feature, it seems that Google wants to challenge Facebook's dominance in communication: the preeminent social network has effectively made email addresses less important.
A Google representative tells The Verge that while the setting itself is rolling out over the next couple of days, the ability to send emails via Google+ will not be enabled until a later date. When the company does turn on the feature it'll send emails to Gmail users letting them know of the change.
Read the full story HERE.
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Why You Shouldn't Freak Out Over Gmail's Update
by Kurt Wagner
For many, the email inbox is a sacred, private space. It's where you share photos with your family, where you discuss important work projects, where your receipts and bank statements arrive. It's usually not a place you welcome strangers.
That's why many Gmail users flocked to Twitter Thursday afternoon, pitchforks in hand, ready to roast Google for a new feature that will enable any Google+ user to email any other user without knowing his or her email address.
On the surface, the update looks questionable. But there is no reason to freak out — you can still control your inbox.
Starting in about 24 hours, any Google+ user will be able to send an email to your Gmail account if you have not given them your email address. The update that Google announced Thursday automatically turns on this option, meaning if you do not change your settings, your email inbox will be open to messages from potential strangers.
Strangers will not see your email address — not unless you respond to their message.
The good news is you can opt out relatively easily. Look for an email Google is sending to all Gmail users over the next 24 hours — this will include details on how to change your settings. No one will be able to email you via Google+ until every Gmail users receives this email, so you have a chance to opt-out before the feature goes live.
If you are particularly popular on Google+ — that is, you are in thousands of circles and most likely some sort of celebrity — the setting for who can contact you will automatically start at "Circles" instead of "Everyone on Google+."
If you don't like the idea of any Google+ user being able to send you a message through Google+, inside or out of your circles, simply change the contact setting to "No One". This is the easiest way to tune this update out completely.
Even if you do elect to open yourself up to anyone who has you in their Circles, your inbox may not take the hit that many are envisioning.
For starters, any email sent to you from someone you do not have in your Circles will go directly to your "social" inbox — a secondary inbox within Gmail. This means it should stay separate from personal emails you exchange with family and friends, and business emails shared with coworkers. (Corporate accounts that use Gmail will be opted out of this service by default.)
A user that you do not have in your Circles can only email you once via Google+. So if you do not respond, you cannot be bombarded with follow up emails. Brands are also excluded from this feature, meaning you shouldn't have to worry about Coke ads (or any other kind) floating into your inbox.
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