Still using GMail ?

As tensions worsen among privacy-focused email users amid the escalating scandal surrounding government surveillance, a brief filed by attorneys for Google has surfaced showing that Gmail users should never expect their communications to be kept secret.

http://rt.com/usa/google-gmail-motion-privacy-453/

"Free" services usually aren't. Email has never been secure; at least Google admits that they read (or scan) emails, mine them for data, and sell that to advertisers. If that bothers you, either use someone else's email, or encrypt all of your communications. PBP and TrueCrypt are both free and easy to use.

Quite honestly, if ALL the free email services that had no control whatsoever on who utilizes their services were shut down, most spam would end immediately.

Email hasnt ever been secure. Nobody should ever assume it is.

Nobody should assume anything is secure. Our government knows everything. They can tap into your phone camera, webcam, even your kinect on your xbox and see what ur doing. They can tap into your phone speaker and hear your conversation with the person next to you. Hell even regualr people can do that. Government has a scanner that scans your house and let them know where ur money is at also. I agree with the fact email isnt secure wether you pay for it or not...