The value Loop gets with this level of access to user data will far outweigh any benefit they offer. No wonder they're giving it away for free. How much do you think users should be charging Loop for this data?
Precisely my concern. After knowing about loop I was intrigued and I was thinking of creating an account. I started the process with Gmail and I quickly stopped as soon as I've seen the scopes for which they ask to be authorized, for example edit/delete permissions on all my drive files. Not going to happen.
we totally understand the concerns and are hyper-vigilant about security and access to user information.
the permissions we ask to approve are the minimum and standard permissions required by the underlying cloud platform (google, office365, slack etc).
part of the loop functionality allows the user to interact with content that exists on the user's underlying platform i.e. read/reply/forward emails, open/access/edit files etc.
all of that is specific to the individual user, is protected through the encrypted credentials and token provided by the cloud platform upon oauth and governed by out privacy policy and terms of use.https://loophq.com/privacypolicy
Your candid and detailed responses here are much appreciated!
The product hits a lot of checkboxes for me as an overloaded project manager. If this ever turns into something self-hosted or (ideally) run-able directly from my workstation/phone without a cloud account, I would very likely give it a try! Best of luck.