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But across the ocean in london, private activist smari mccarthy says, hold on, some of these free services may be costing us dearly. >> if you're not paying for the product, you're not the customer, you're the product itself. >> reporter: what he means is this. for generations, americans thought of letters as private and many of us still see e-mails as kind of like that. but they're actually much more like postcards, easily read by anyone or any company between you and the person that you're sending this message to. and huge e-mail companies with millions of users do just that. with powerful c...

Sending the message to. and huge e-mail companies with millions of users do just that. with powerful computers they scan every word for clues to help them sell precisely targeted ads. if you write kayak in several messages soon you see ads for river trips. mention cars and you see models burning across the desktop. google attorneys cited a supreme court decision stating users should have no legitimate expectation of privacy. so in terms of mining data. >> these services are honey pots. >> reporter: mccarthy argues we should all seek out more obscure providers. or better yet he says use an e-ma...