You have no reason to suspect it either. Yes, in this hypothetical scenario your mail server or your ISP&#x27;s server might be compromised, and yes, in this scenario, there wouldn&#x27;t be a big difference. But we don&#x27;t live in hypothetical scenarios. Paranoia is great and all, but let&#x27;s be real. An average Joe&#x27;s personal mail server is more than likely not bugged nor observed, and if communication happens in TLS, then there&#x27;d be no reason to suspect the delivery either.<p>We all <i>know</i> Google is doing it, though.