I'm an avid user of Gmail and other Google services, but I'm increasingly uncomfortable keeping my entire email history on someone else's servers. Can I keep a week's worth of messages on the server and encrypt everything else? What are some other Gmail privacy compromises?
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posted by ecmendenhall
on Apr 17, 2013 -
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I'm a recent Chrome user, and so far I'm having a hell of a time with the privacy settings. I like the idea of using the synch feature so I can have my bookmarks and things shared across the three or four desktops I use. However, I can't seem to figure out how to make it so it doesn't sign in automatically when I open the browser - I would like to be prompted to put in a password every time.
I feel really stupid, but I can't figure out how to make that happen.
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posted by Think_Long
on Mar 29, 2013 -
8 answers
This has happened twice now, and it is freaky. Google chrome on the iMac I use in my office at work (at a university) will have usernames and passwords for people who have never been in my office ever. The first time it happened it was my father's email, and the second time it was my stepmother's. Why would chrome be filling in these odd emails when it doesn't even save my own login information after closing the browser window?
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posted by artychoke
on Mar 7, 2013 -
8 answers
I recently started in a new job and got a used laptop for my desk. I have utilized this with my Chrome/ Google account. Then, after a few weeks, I got a warning in gmail, telling me that a foreign state might be trying to hack my account or computer.
My question is, should I start to worry about being tageted by hackers? Or is the alert from google and the phishing attempts a coincidence?
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posted by Nightly
on Feb 24, 2013 -
4 answers
I get google drive document invites sent to my work email, and I can't access them through my gmail account, even though I've successfully linked the two addresses in my primary google account. Any ideas?
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posted by mercredi
on Jan 17, 2013 -
9 answers
After years of being an Android user, I finally bought my first iPhone. I'm having trouble and getting thoroughly confused with merging and syncing all my contacts.
Please help me start over and create the Ultimate Contacts Manager solution that doesn't require me to become a sync wizard.
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posted by zooropa
on Jan 17, 2013 -
2 answers
Is there any way to 1) have an Android phone that is always on and connected with your gmail account and 2) be invisible in gchat at the same time?
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posted by segfault
on Dec 24, 2012 -
5 answers
[I am old/paranoid/a special snowflake filter] I am a Mac person. I have mostly avoided google products in my life, and am not eager for google to know everything about me. I just got a Nexus S (because it was the free option). How can I use my phone most effectively for email and calendars/reminders? [Lots of tedious old person details inside]
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posted by latkes
on Dec 19, 2012 -
19 answers
Google calendar idiot here. How do I sync iPhone to google calendar, not the other way around and why is someone else's calendar appearing in my google calendar online?
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posted by meerkatty
on Nov 28, 2012 -
6 answers
Why can I access the rest of the internet but not any Google sites? How can I fix this?
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posted by raccoon409
on Nov 27, 2012 -
9 answers
How do I force my Gmail account's phone number to associate with the same account's Google Voice number?
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posted by frodoxiii
on Sep 20, 2012 -
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I have multiple email addresses associated with my gmail account. Can I make one of them show up as the default in an
original email's "from" field based on the email address or domain I'm writing to?
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posted by jessca84
on Sep 1, 2012 -
9 answers
I logged into Google Chrome on my home computer this morning without thinking much about it via my Gmail account. I immediately noticed my bookmarks bar, web history etc. have all been transformed into the settings from my WORK computer and my home computer bookmarks are gone. I signed out of Chrome, but the work bookmarks are still there. How do I fix this?
posted by the foreground
on Aug 3, 2012 -
13 answers
Asking for a friend: Trying to solve a Gmail lockout issue involving moving to another country, deactivating a previous iPhone, and 2-step verification. (Details within.)
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posted by shakespeherian
on Jul 3, 2012 -
3 answers
I use multiple google accounts, and their multiple sign-in feature is generally very helpful to me. I have a work google domain account, managed by my company, and a personal google account. Lately, when I have gone to youtube or google voice, it often associates to my work account, which I do not want. I'd prefer that my work account is only associated with gmail. Is this possible?
posted by Nothing
on Jun 10, 2012 -
5 answers
It's possible to drag a message to a label in GMail by grabbing it from the leftmost edge. However, on a hi-res monitor, this can be quite difficult. Is there a hack or greasemonkey script that allows you to drag the message by clicking and dragging anywhere in the Subject rather than just the left edge?
posted by I EAT TAPAS
on Jun 10, 2012 -
5 answers
This morning about 108 gmail inbox messages vanished. I can find them under "all mail" but i don't know they would leave the inbox. Also, someone's been trying to add an event to my google calendar, with no success.
are these two things related? is there evidence of a hack?
thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl
on May 13, 2012 -
9 answers
Google contacts seems to be getting increasingly problematic for me. In some contact records, I have over a dozen random email addresses assigned to a contact (that have no relation at all). In others, the contact email is legitimate, but is now named after some individual I have never ever had any form of contact with, apparently through some google+ functionality (I have not signed up for google+).
Aside from ditching this increasingly crappy platform, any advice how it make this work?
I cant see hand fixing thousands of contacts....
posted by dougiedd
on May 5, 2012 -
2 answers
Please recommend for me a new search tool to replace Google Desktop. Ideally I want something that searches the full text of all files, that covers everything on my hard drive plus Google Docs. I want it to be fast, offer results in context, and have a simple interface that offers 'sort by relevance' and 'sort by date.' I use Ubuntu.
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posted by Susan PG
on Mar 19, 2012 -
2 answers
I'm working on a demo for a potential software product.
The content of the product will be a combination of slides, still images, video, and voice over, delivered via a web site (mobile will follow if the product goes to full production).
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posted by I, Credulous
on Mar 6, 2012 -
2 answers
Gmail just asked me if I wanted to import all my mail from another email account of mine. How can I figure out if I've ever told Gmail I own this account? Or is this just google being creepy as hell again?
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posted by Diablevert
on Feb 28, 2012 -
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In short: how do I sync all my contacts between Mac OS X Address Book, iOS, iCloud.com, and Gmail.com? Not as short: In olden days, I used the Address Book app on my Mac to store all my contacts. Everything in there would sync to MobileMe (and by extension, iPhone, iPad and me.com) and Google (for Gmail). After iCloud was released in October, turning on contact syncing between Address Book and iCloud resulted in a message that said if iCloud contact syncing is turned on Google syncing must be turned off. Googling tells me that lots of people are having this problem, but I'm not finding a solution within all the noise. What am I missing? Any settings to change? Any software? Thanks in advance.
posted by jroybal
on Jan 30, 2012 -
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How to use google apps to run my email but still be able to migrate to something else later? What steps do I need to take to make sure that someday if my business needs to I can
migrate away from having google backend my email of my owned domain?
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posted by Twinedog
on Oct 5, 2011 -
6 answers
Can I have my Gmail (Google App account) logged in without Google signing me to every service and tracking my every move?
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posted by nam3d
on Aug 24, 2011 -
5 answers
How do I disassociate what Youtube account I'm logged into from what Google account I'm logged into?
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posted by RobotHero
on Jul 25, 2011 -
5 answers
Weird Google Groups and/or Gmail issue. I sent a message to a Google-hosted mailing list I am on, from a Google Apps e-mail address, and received a couple of unlikely e-mails in response…from myself.
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posted by adamrice
on Jul 8, 2011 -
1 answer
Google,
Gmail and
Facebook rolled out some major redesigns recently. In fact they look quite similar to me; a bunch of random floating lists and boxes, with a dark bar at the top. What's the philosophy beside the aesthetic choices? I realize that there are technical improvements going on behind the scenes and that taste is subjective. Still, there must be some reason Google and Facebook would make major cosmetic changes. Hey designers, what's the logic?
posted by 2bucksplus
on Jul 7, 2011 -
10 answers
How can I make sure Mailto links in Chrome (for Mac) open in Gmail and not my default mail client (Mail)? I've seen the official 'Send from Gmail' extension in the Chrome Webstore, but surely Chrome should support Gmail natively without the need for an extension?
posted by nam3d
on Jun 21, 2011 -
4 answers
After three great years my Google Calendar has simply stopped sending me email notifications. I have tried the help page
here and many unhelpful forum posts
here. This seems to be a prevalent problem. I wish I could switch to something else but Gmail is what I use heart and soul for work. Any others solved this problem? I am all ears. Thanks for your time.
posted by snap_dragon
on May 7, 2011 -
10 answers
Multiple domains- I know how to forward them.
I could start a Google account for each.
But I'd really like to get the email to forward instead? I want it to be that you send an email to (anything) foo@filmgeek.com and it ends up going to my main domain/email account.
posted by filmgeek
on Feb 7, 2011 -
7 answers
What's the best way to get e-mail notification of my Google Contacts' birthdays?
posted by grouse
on Dec 31, 2010 -
12 answers
Please tell me everything I need to know about the GMail dot feature (placing - or not placing - a dot in the username of a gmail email address). I don't understand it, how to use it, what it does and how to take advantage of it. As an email receiver and sender. Also, what problems are created with this? Is there a way I can use it to categorize email, both received and sent?
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posted by iamkimiam
on Oct 15, 2010 -
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Is there a way to download one folder of mail from gmail to an outside client, say apple mall, without downloading all the messages I have in gmail?
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posted by tejolote
on Aug 2, 2010 -
5 answers
How come I don't see Google's new
Rich Text Signature feature available on my Google Apps account...but is available on my regular Gmail account?
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posted by orehek
on Jul 16, 2010 -
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Gmail security: Someone keeps trying to recover, or change, the password for my gmail account. I'd previously set my gmail recovery option to send me an SMS, and I'm getting a lot of SMSes saying, "Your Google Account recovery code is: ... If you did not request this code, you can safely ignore this message". I've already changed my secret question to be really obscure, but what else should I do to protect my account? Every couple of weeks, I get bombarded with SMSes because someone is trying to access my account. Can I temporarily disable the recovery option? I'm just worried that someone might guess the answer to my secret question by brute force or some other means.
posted by surenoproblem
on Jun 17, 2010 -
12 answers
How can I open a specific already-opened tab in Google Chrome for OS X using a keyboard shortcut?
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posted by Mo Nickels
on May 13, 2010 -
4 answers
What are the legal implications of subpoenaing or obtaining a warrant for digital papers (such as a Gmail or Google Apps account) and finding a password? Could the prosecutor use the password to obtain more information from another digital source, such as another email account or a Facebook account?
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posted by Michael Pemulis
on Apr 21, 2010 -
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YANMTS (you are not my tech support): When I type an email or reply to an email in gmail, it is stored in the auto-complete for the To: field. I now want to migrate to a new server, but can't see those email addresses and have deleted all sent/trash and archived mail. How do I get this information out?
posted by Draccy
on Feb 24, 2010 -
3 answers
I have managed to give myself two Google accounts over the years, and with my recent acquisition of a Droid this has become annoying. Can you help me sort things out?
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posted by larsks
on Jan 7, 2010 -
7 answers
