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courier Google, Gmail will suggest Google+ users when you type the beginning of an address.

Google Apps, including that of its Google+ social network on an iPhone 5 from Apple. (MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS) By FranceTV info

Updated 11/01/2014 | 7:03 p.m., published 11/01/2014 | 6:49 p.m.

A new step in the attempt to impose the Google+ service? Its blog (link in English) , the U.S. giant Google announced Thursday, January 9 the creation of a new service allowing, in essence, to send emails to other users, including those who are strangers.

When this feature she will be implemented?

Google warned: the application of this new feature will gradually “You will receive an email with a link to information to adjust your settings related to the functionality” , the company said..

How does it work?

courier Google, Gmail will suggest Google+ users when you type the beginning of an address. “First will be displayed as usual contacts in your address book and then all Google+ profiles related to your search,” says The Figaro.fr.

Similarly, if you use Gmail, any other user of the service will send you an e-mail, messaging being connected to Google’s social network. “ Your email address will not be visible to a contact Google+ unless you send an email to that person and vice versa” , shade group. But beware: “automatic setting allows anyone on Google+ to contact you directly,” continues the site of Figaro. Except for the audited accounts (in the case of celebrities, etc.).

Moreover, these messages appear in a new category called “social” (unlike “main”, in which you receive the e-mail your contacts).

How to protect yourself?

If you do not want to invite strangers into your mailbox, Google will offer in its messaging options to disable this new feature. Always on his blog, the company shows the example. To do this, simply go to your Gmail account and click on “Settings / General” (here, “settings” in English). If you do not want to invite strangers into your mailbox, Google will offer in its messaging options to disable this new feature. (GMAILBLOG.BLOGSPOT.FR / FranceTV INFO) You will find a tab “Send e-mail via Google+” . There simply choose the option “Person” (by default, it will display “Anyone on Google+”).

Why should watch?

“Have you ever started to write a message to someone, before realizing, while writing, that you have not yet redeemed your e-mail address?” request U.S. company on its blog. For her, this option should make it “easier ” exchange between users of social platform Google, which has some 540 million users, according to the blog GoogleSystem (English) . But this raises (again) the question of the protection of privacy.

Wednesday, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) has also condemned the U.S. giant a fine of 150,000 euros (the fine), considering that Google violated the rules Privacy on the Internet France .