Exactly.  Maybe if they offered free email, they could be held to account.
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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