That is part of the problem, but the other part is that google can use the information in that email, and the response for things within google.
They can track that, and keep stats on how many times you use a particular phrase. It isn't just the simple display of targeted ads that I have a problem with. I do have a problem with it. I've had a problem with when MS, Yahoo and Google all started doing it. MS caught a lot of crap for it when they talked about doing it years ago with Hotmail before Google even had an email service. But that was MS, they are big brother, they are bad. When google started doing it everything changed, cause it was google, they don't do bad things. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 2:42 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: google is scary > > I guess I really don't see the problem. Yes, personal things get discussed > in email, but still. I think where you are coming from, is that (to use a > purely hypothetical situation) if you write to your sister saying that > your > mom is starting to lose it and you may need to look for a home that serves > Alzheimer's patients, and your sister uses gmail, she may see ads for such > a > home on the margins of her email. I still don't see this as a bad thing. > She > can click them or not. Whereas on the few occasions where I have watched > TV > recently I have not had any choice about watching political attack ads or > ads for erectile disfunction, short of turning off the television. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212133 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
