Open letter to GMail account wishers

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Chief Suspect

You had BETTER read the fine print !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Their privacy statement plainly, plainly, plainy warns that they
can and will be taking notes and reading emails.

You have been warned !!!!!
 
»Q« said:
There's no fine print. It's all in clear, normal text, at


It plainly says the opposite, that Google employees will not read your
e-mail.

<http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/privacy.html>
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"Google's computers process the information in your email for various purposes,
including formatting and displaying the information to you, delivering targeted
related information (such as advertisements and related links), preventing
unsolicited bulk email (spam)"


So spamming is ok so long as it's them doing it.
 
On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 20:20:10 GMT, "Chief Suspect" <Chief
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I was sent a registration invite and I signed up - thanks Daryl. But now
I'm seeing sites and articles that warn about Google trying to googleya
when you least expect it. I dunno, but I'm leery about this. Having said
this I'll keep my account but not use it until sometime later down the
road when it becomes apparent that Google is not trying to googleus.
Just looking at the Google Hysteria on this NG it is obvious how a virus
or trojan is spread - this 'Add me..Add me' hysteria is just too funny
to watch without breaking up.
Incidentally, does Google have some major plan for this - why do I want
to store that amount of e-mail online? What's the deal?
POKO
--
P. Keenan - Webmaster
Web Page Design
Manitoulin Island, Canada
http://manitoulinislandwebdesign.it-mate.co.uk/
(e-mail address removed)
 
Chief said:
You had BETTER read the fine print !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Their privacy statement plainly, plainly, plainy warns that they
can and will be taking notes and reading emails.

You have been warned !!!!!
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I think I must lead a very boring life.

Everybody must have much more interesting and confidential e-mails than
mine. And I would probably rather have some sort of targetted advertising,
as opposed to the constant bombardment of untargetted advertising that daily
assaults my eyes and ears from everywhere else.

<sigh> Maybe I am just tired, or my paranoia levels are too low.......
 
Chief said:
Their privacy statement plainly, plainly, plainy warns that they
can and will be taking notes and reading emails.
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Taking notes? Please quote that part here or shut the **** up.
 
Incidentally, does Google have some major plan for this - why do I want
to store that amount of e-mail online? What's the deal?
POKO
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So Dubya's stooges can snoop on you whenever they feel like it, no
court order required, 'cos you know, you're either with us or against
us, like that "terrorist" on the watchlist whose name is Edward
Kennedy, who amazingly shares a name with a senator who's got a bad
habit of annoying Republicans.

I remember when I was invited to Orkut a while ago, and I was totally,
totally, totally shocked by the amount of information they were
gathering, pages and pages of personal information forms to fill. I
had never seen anything like it before.

Now, if you thought gmail was bad, you oughtta have experienced the
orkut sing-up process. That said though, gmail is propably more
 
Everybody must have much more interesting and confidential e-mails than
mine. And I would probably rather have some sort of targetted advertising,
as opposed to the constant bombardment of untargetted advertising that daily
assaults my eyes and ears from everywhere else.
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So once Google finishes collating your mail you won't be shocked when
they release the fact that you are a forty-nine year old cross-dresser
still living with your parents; you shop at Mr./Ms Big Clothing; your
credit card use at Fantasy Lingerie For Gay Guys is long overdue; your
unpaid parking tickets; your late night chat logs posted on your office
coffee room. Need I go on? If Google is going to googleus they have the
perfect opportunity, but maybe....
POKO

--
P. Keenan - Webmaster
Web Page Design
Manitoulin Island, Canada
http://manitoulinislandwebdesign.it-mate.co.uk/
(e-mail address removed)
 
So once Google finishes collating your mail you won't be shocked when
they release the fact that you are a forty-nine year old cross-dresser
still living with your parents; you shop at Mr./Ms Big Clothing; your
credit card use at Fantasy Lingerie For Gay Guys is long overdue; your
unpaid parking tickets; your late night chat logs posted on your
office coffee room. Need I go on? If Google is going to googleus they
have the perfect opportunity, but maybe....
POKO
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Put a double layer on your tinfoil hat, just in case.

And watch out for those black helicopters.
 
Chief Suspect said:
You had BETTER read the fine print !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Their privacy statement plainly, plainly, plainy warns that they
can and will be taking notes and reading emails.

You have been warned !!!!!
Click to expand...

Ah... another Usenet sandwich board wearer.
The sky is falling! Doom is upon us! Ragnarok!
 
POKO said:
So once Google finishes collating your mail you won't be shocked when
they release the fact that you are a forty-nine year old cross-dresser
still living with your parents; you shop at Mr./Ms Big Clothing; your
credit card use at Fantasy Lingerie For Gay Guys is long overdue; your
unpaid parking tickets; your late night chat logs posted on your
office coffee room. Need I go on? If Google is going to googleus they
have the perfect opportunity, but maybe....
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Oh, dear... I thought that had been happening all along. You *do* know
the whole 'internet thing' was created by the U.S. Military, don't you?
The U.S. Government has been tracking us since they created the
"Computer" using stolen alien technology!
 
On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 18:57:54 -0400, POKO wrote...
Incidentally, does Google have some major plan for this - why do I want
to store that amount of e-mail online? What's the deal?
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For me, the benefit will be for the (non-public) mailing lists that I am
subscribed to. Posts archived together and fully searchable without
having to store them locally.
 
POKO said:
So once Google finishes collating your mail you won't be shocked when
they release the fact that you are a forty-nine year old
cross-dresser still living with your parents; you shop at Mr./Ms Big
Clothing; your credit card use at Fantasy Lingerie For Gay Guys is
long overdue; your unpaid parking tickets; your late night chat logs
posted on your office coffee room. Need I go on? If Google is going
to googleus they have the perfect opportunity, but maybe....
POKO
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Hi Pat,

Now why the worry? Did you ever look at your OUTgoing mail with
EtheReal (or any other Packet Sniffer)? Everybody can snif your mail...
and intercept it... especially on cable connections... so why the
panic? Just use PGP (or any other mail encrypting software) and I would
love to see how G-Mail (or any other mail provider) will scan those
messages for words and do something useful (for them) with it <LOL>.

Remember: Sending an unencrypted eMail is like sending a postcard...
you never know who reads it and what they do with the information!!!

regards
Dick
 
"Google's computers process the information in your email for various purposes,
including formatting and displaying the information to you, delivering targeted
related information (such as advertisements and related links), preventing
unsolicited bulk email (spam)"


So spamming is ok so long as it's them doing it.
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Adverts displayed on the webpage isn't spam. You've just posted a
definition of Spam.

They have to pay for the bandwidth and storage somehow.

Oh but then again you're one fo those ****ing leeches aren't you? I
noticed you are using the Berlin University news server because its
free...
 
D said:
"Google's computers process the information in your email for various purposes,
including formatting and displaying the information to you, delivering targeted
related information (such as advertisements and related links), preventing
unsolicited bulk email (spam)"


So spamming is ok so long as it's them doing it.
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Also, how can they deliver "related information" unless they read your
email?
 
Oh, dear... I thought that had been happening all along. You *do* know
the whole 'internet thing' was created by the U.S. Military, don't you?
The U.S. Government has been tracking us since they created the
"Computer" using stolen alien technology!
Click to expand...
Ben,
I worked for the Canadian agency in Ottawa's Dept of National Defence
(the one with the high fence surrounding it) where just that was done in
concert with your country and others. The technology was not stolen, it
was leased from IBM, among others. Anyone who thinks their late night
cyber romances or e-mails are private needs their heads shaken. Big
Brother has been around for years and yes, there really are black
helicopters. Hollywood's representations have entertained you for years,
but it's not all fiction. And by the way, Hollywood is full of aliens -
they are the Canadians that make you laugh, help you enjoy music, and
entertain you as you watch the screen.
yes virginia, there really is a POKO
--
P. Keenan - Webmaster
Web Page Design
Manitoulin Island, Canada
http://manitoulinislandwebdesign.it-mate.co.uk/
(e-mail address removed)
 
»Q« said:
There's no fine print. It's all in clear, normal text, at
<http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/privacy.html>. And I agree with
you that anyone contemplating a GMail account should read it.

It plainly says the opposite, that Google employees will not read your
e-mail.

<http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/privacy.html>
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Fool! How do you suppose they can target you with specific product ads
tailored by what they find in YOUR email?! Osmosis?

"Google's computers process the information in your email for various
purposes,
including formatting and displaying the information to you, delivering
targeted
related information (such as advertisements and related links), preventing
unsolicited bulk email (spam)"
 
: You had BETTER read the fine print !!!!!!!!!!!!!
:
: Their privacy statement plainly, plainly, plainy warns that
they
: can and will be taking notes and reading emails.
:
: You have been warned !!!!!
:

The relevant section of fine print is

"Google employees do not access the content of any mailboxes
unless you specifically request them to do so (for example, if
you are having technical difficulties accessing your account) or
if required by law, to maintain our system, or to protect Google
or the public."

The last is the most relevant bit. To PROTECT = to VIOLATE
privacy. NB the phrasing does not indicate that they may access
the content of mailboxes *only* if the law requires it. They may
do so even when the law *does not* require it. Still - it's their
service, and they make the rules. If you don't want it, don't use
it.

EDEB.
 
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