And maybe someone would be stupid enough to sign up--especially the ones
they really want to snoop on.
Paul Kenney
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
916-212-4359
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 6:38 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: GMail
>
>
> Sure,
>
> But it's ok for the NSA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Kenney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 8:21 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: GMail
>
>
> Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
>
> On ZDNet:
>
> State Sen. Liz Figueroa, a Democrat from the Bay Area city of
> Fremont, said Thursday that it should be illegal for a company
> to scan the text of its customers' e-mail correspondence and
> display relevant advertising--even if customers explicitly
> agree to the practice in exchange for a gigabyte of storage.
>
> "Telling people that their most intimate and private e-mail
> thoughts to doctors, friends, lovers and family members are
> just another direct-marketing commodity isn't the way to promote
> e-commerce," Figueroa said in a statement, which called Gmail
> customers' correspondence "a direct-marketing opportunity for
> Google."
>
> The rest can be found at:
> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5198082.html
>
> Can someone tell me why this should be illegal? If you've
> used Yahoo's
> message lists, they put ads in all those messages. Where is
> the public
> outcry for the victims of Yahoo's rampant marketing abuse?
> If people
> choose
> to conduct their private business over GMail then they know
> what they're
> getting into. Its not like they're the only ones offering
> free email.
> Besides, nothing is really free.
>
> It just makes me crazy!
>
> Paul Kenney
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 916-212-4359
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Kenney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:11 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: GMail
> >
> >
> > interesting use of pi.
> >
> > Paul Kenney
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 916-212-4359
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:06 PM
> > > To: CF-Community
> > > Subject: Re: GMail
> > >
> > >
> > > > What I think is really strange is all this todo about a
> > > completely op-in
> > > > business experiment. If you really think your emails
> > > aren't already (and
> > > > won't be) being scanned by intermediate handlers in its
> > > current state is
> > > > living in denile. If you're really concerned about
> > > privacy, use hotmail or
> > > > yahoo. I'm sure they're much more secure.
> > >
> > > Automated scanners have detected irony. Under section
> > > 31.4159 of the US
> > > Patriot act, we must ask that you desist before we are
> > forced to beat
> > > you senseless.
> > >
> > > --Bill "Dick Cheney" Gates
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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