On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 07:48:20 AM +1000, Sandy
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> I doubt that will be an issue for most people.
ask any business owner if they are going to like processing theirs or
their customers data on an Internet connection and a server which may
even be in a foreign country. Now that I think of it, in some
countries it may even be against, or incompatible, with the
regulations that businesses have to follow by law to protect their
customers privacy.
> Why would Google be interested in my files? I barely have any
> interest in them.
That may simply be a proof that your own use of computers, at home at
least, is still occasional and not related to anything serious like
your tax return, love letters and so on. Another serious flaw in your
response is the assumption that the only 3rd parties ever interested
in your private life or business could be Google or your government.
> Subscribers to OpenOffice lists, for example, seem to have no or
> little concern about privacy.
Please let's *not* resurrect that topic again. It has already been
explained very clearly, first here and then on the users list, that
email is so inherently non-private from the beginning that,
unfortunately, it doesn't really make sense to worry about what is
displayed in the OOo archives (even if it does remain a demonstration
of bad manners). And even if it did, there are data much more delicate
than an IP address, so don't bothering if the latter is known is not a
good reason to trust online apps.
Ciao,
Marco
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