Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Is Google getting evil?
On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:04:28 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: But, it's interesting to see I've made 490 posts to this list since Mar 2004. That must be when google groups was turned on, as I've posted earlier than that, but oh well, who's keeping count?!! (Better make that 491 now ;) I've got posts from earlier in there, since I started using this mail address in fact. Did you use a different address prior to Mar 04? -- Neil Bothwick Accordion: a bagpipe with pleats. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Is Google getting evil?
On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 10:01 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:04:28 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: But, it's interesting to see I've made 490 posts to this list since Mar 2004. That must be when google groups was turned on, as I've posted earlier than that, but oh well, who's keeping count?!! (Better make that 491 now ;) I've got posts from earlier in there, since I started using this mail address in fact. Did you use a different address prior to Mar 04? wow, that took me on a bit of a nostalgic trip around the www archives :) I think you're right, prior to Mar 04 I was using a different address. ... I thought this year was 2005 :) Interesting to see my own posts about trying to get evolution 1.5 to compile :) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full mooon on a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] OT: Is Google getting evil?
Sorry for all the OT posts today. I am having problems with my ISP and I am not doing much work. :-) Anyway, I just found out something about Google Groups. I normally post through my ISP, however as I just stated, issues caused me to look up this gentoo group on Google groups. It can be found here: http://groups.google.com/group/linux.gentoo.user Go to the link above on Google, click on any topic. At the top of the topic you will see the From: line. At the end of that line there is a link named View Profile. Click on that. Wow. Google shows a list of every group it finds your email in and displays it in a drop down. I guess People should think twice about using their real contact information, name/email, in a group. Am I the only one that is bothered by this? Or should I remove some of the tinfoil layers from around my head? :-) Jim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= There's no place like 127.0.0.1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= JimD Central FL, USA, Earth, Sol -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Is Google getting evil?
On 5/31/06, JimD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow. Google shows a list of every group it finds your email in and displays it in a drop down. I guess People should think twice about using their real contact information, name/email, in a group. Am I the only one that is bothered by this? Or should I remove some of the tinfoil layers from around my head? :-) It is a little distressing to see every posting you've made to any public group since the beginning of time all listed on a single page. And it is a gold-mine for anybody that might want to investigate you online... But considering that they are *public* forums, and the postings are available via other archives, I guess I can't really complain too much. After all, it's not like you can see every personal email I have sent or received there -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Is Google getting evil?
060531 JimD wrote: I just found out something about Google Groups. http://groups.google.com/group/linux.gentoo.user Go to the link above on Google, click on any topic. At the top of the topic you will see the From: line. At the end there is a link named View Profile. Click on that. Google shows a list of every group it finds your email in and displays it in a drop down. They are presumably public lists, so CAVEAT SCRIPTOR . It's like sending a letter to a newspaper: they might print it ! OTOH the Internet does allow anyone to collect vast amounts of information, but OTOH it's far too much for any realistic use malign or otherwise. It's like the US govt collecting a record of everyone's phone calls: however could they ever analyse them ? The rest of us laugh at them (yes, someone in a bunker in Colorado may be reading this very message our peaceful, ordered well-governed country may be targetted (grin)). -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Is Google getting evil?
On 5/31/06, Philip Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 060531 JimD wrote: I just found out something about Google Groups. http://groups.google.com/group/linux.gentoo.user Go to the link above on Google, click on any topic. At the top of the topic you will see the From: line. At the end there is a link named View Profile. Click on that. Google shows a list of every group it finds your email in and displays it in a drop down. They are presumably public lists, so CAVEAT SCRIPTOR . There are copies over Gmane and most mailing lists have a news format, along with digests, so, its kinda easy to track you down. Even google crawler would come up with links in Gmane and other mail-to-news sites. It's like sending a letter to a newspaper: they might print it ! OTOH the Internet does allow anyone to collect vast amounts of information, but OTOH it's far too much for any realistic use malign or otherwise. It's like the US govt collecting a record of everyone's phone calls: however could they ever analyse them ? The rest of us laugh at them (yes, someone in a bunker in Colorado may be reading this very message our peaceful, ordered well-governed country may be targetted (grin)). Today you must be careful with what you send. Google is not the only one providing personal information over the net, it just indexes it and make it searchable. I just googled my name and found my own ID number (here at brazil, its comparable with US Social Security number) published along with my complete profile in a government site where 4 years ago I did tests for a public position. Privacy is measured by how much you care about it, if you think VERY WELL it simply do not exist. -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Is Google getting evil?
On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 18:35 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote: Privacy is measured by how much you care about it, if you think VERY WELL it simply do not exist. The only real privacy policy is: everyone can have access to anything and everything. Nothing is confidential or hidden. But, it's interesting to see I've made 490 posts to this list since Mar 2004. That must be when google groups was turned on, as I've posted earlier than that, but oh well, who's keeping count?!! (Better make that 491 now ;) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au If you suspect a man, don't employ him. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Is Google getting evil?
Iain Buchanan wrote: On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 18:35 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote: Privacy is measured by how much you care about it, if you think VERY WELL it simply do not exist. The only real privacy policy is: everyone can have access to anything and everything. Nothing is confidential or hidden. But, it's interesting to see I've made 490 posts to this list since Mar 2004. That must be when google groups was turned on, as I've posted earlier than that, but oh well, who's keeping count?!! (Better make that 491 now ;) I guess that explains why I started getting spam. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
