Comments on: Gmail needs an API http://hm2k.com/posts/gmail-needs-an-api The research of an internet entrepreneur and IT consultant Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:26:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: hm2k http://hm2k.com/posts/gmail-needs-an-api/comment-page-1#comment-186941 hm2k Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:26:29 +0000 http://hm2k.com/?p=570#comment-186941 That sounds similar to security through obscurity. If spammers want to spam, they will do by any means, heck they already do and they don't need an API to do it, they make their own. Further more Google is very good at handling spam, I'm sure this wouldn't be a deal breaker. You'd have to signup before you could use the API anyway. We can't let the fear of spam stop progress can we... That sounds similar to security through obscurity.

If spammers want to spam, they will do by any means, heck they already do and they don’t need an API to do it, they make their own.

Further more Google is very good at handling spam, I’m sure this wouldn’t be a deal breaker.

You’d have to signup before you could use the API anyway.

We can’t let the fear of spam stop progress can we…

]]> By: Chris http://hm2k.com/posts/gmail-needs-an-api/comment-page-1#comment-186813 Chris Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:31 +0000 http://hm2k.com/?p=570#comment-186813 Its a great idea, but do you think this could open gmail up to becoming the spam capital of the interwebs? It seems from looking how quickly it exploded on Twitter that an API that allows you to post is a spammer dream. Its a great idea, but do you think this could open gmail up to becoming the spam capital of the interwebs?

It seems from looking how quickly it exploded on Twitter that an API that allows you to post is a spammer dream.

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