Logging into my gmail account this morning I was amazed to see a new feature. Gmail users can now backdate emails. More than that, one can "make emails look like they've been read all along." Surely Google is not deliberately abetting dishonesty, is it?
Well, as a matter of fact, yes. Here's the pitch line: "Worry less. Forget your finance reports. Forget your anniversary. We'll make it look like you remembered."
Forget Exxon. Forget Haliburton. How about Google's corporate irresponsibility?
UPDATE: One smells a rat. Surely I have fallen prey to an April Fool's joke, no? Google's lawyers would never allow such a thing. The liability alone would be enormous.
UPDATE (Titus): Boy were we fooled! Judging by the Gmail testimonials, this is indeed an April Fool's joke...and a good one.
4 comments:
I saw that this morning as well and thought the same thing. It will no doubt be utilized by millions of gmail users.
I wonder if google thought at all about the ramifications down the line. Besides the fact that they are promoting dishonesty, won't they also now have some emailers who don't trust documents received from gmail accounts? Could it lose them subscribers? Probably not, but you never know.
Certainly this calls into the doubt the veracity of all correspondence sent from a gmail account, with all attendant consequences.
I can't believe you guys fell for this! Did you see the one last year, where Google said they would send you a paper copy of every email you sent or received as a back up? Did you buy that too?
You guys gave me a good laugh. Thanks.
I do feel pretty damn stupid!
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