Just make sure you don't use any Ubuntu mailing lists, either, because they have the same problem :)
wxl On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Richie Bloss <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to all for responding, sure I've left someone out here - sorry for > that. > > The response from Google Product forum was as I expected You must get it > removed from the source to have any chance if it eventually dropping off > from the various search engines out there. > > I have had no luck yet getting a response from the admin for this mailing > list = [email protected] or [email protected]. Will > continue trying. Thanks for the lead on that wxl. > > Have not been running Lubuntu for over a year, am a very happy Ubuntu user > tho. > > Other then the past three days I have not posted to the Lubuntu mailing list > since July 2013 & I see five occurrences with my name in the month of July. > Sure would be nice I could get an admin to spend 5 mins deleting my posts? > > Thank you > > > > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Israel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> The first time I used the internet was back in the early nineties, before >> that we used a BBS. >> For all of you who don't know what a BBS is, you should check it out. >> >> When I used a BBS, I would call a person's house with my modem to connect >> to their computer. I understood that by choosing to connect to their >> network, they had access to my computer. >> >> Now we connect to the internet on SO many things. But, this is the same >> as it used to be. You connect to your ISP's servers, and they connect you >> to somewhere else. By getting on the internet you are automatically >> vulnerable to hundreds of security issues in privacy far worse than the one >> being brought up. You should assume that your internet time is NOT private, >> and seek to mitigate the possible damage, by using strong passwords, >> clearing caches, and using more than one e-mail. >> >> I have a 'junk' e-mail and a 'public' e-mail and a project dedicated >> e-mail. >> If my public e-mail shows up in public, I am not surprised. If my junk >> e-mail is public, I don't care as it is not connected to me in any way that >> could be a security issue. >> >> The more unsettling thing, is that the US government builds exploitable >> backdoors into virtually every router that passes through the US. The >> hardware manufacturers probably also put in backdoors in the computers we >> use. If you own a cellphone, you are not secure at all. There are so many >> ways to exploit a cellphone. For example, the gyroscope can be used as a >> rudimentary microphone, based on the vibrations of sound it can pick up. >> >> A PUBLIC mailing list showing up in public for the community, is not a >> bug, it is expected behavior. It is supposed to show up in searches, that >> is the nature of a public mailing list. We (mostly) want this information >> to be easily available, as this is part of a global community. Something we >> say on this list may help someone doing a search for a certain issue. >> >> Sorry, this e-mail was so long :D >> >> On 08/21/2014 02:58 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: >> >> Richie: >> >> Cool. Maybe you can post back one more time if you have some success >> getting the list to go "silent." But, it's not just the ubuntu list that >> has this problem . . . on the odd occasion that I google my name, somewhere >> down the list will be some posts from my early exploits trying to find a >> system to run PPC a couple years ago . . . on the fink user list . . . . >> Compared to them this list is a dream . . . hopefully I'm not stepping on >> toes, but IMHO fink is not worth the space it takes up . . . 8 hour install, >> part way through some package would break . . . when I would post my issue >> about how to fix it, invariably somebody would post back with almost >> literally, "Why are idiots posting on our beautiful forum . . . and then add >> that if I didn't know how to fix it I shouldn't be on the list . . . ." >> Which I found ironic, since fink was . . . so "brittle" . . . and within a >> month or so had dropped support for PPC--but the "evidence" of those posts >> is still floating around . . . . >> >> So, my point was & is, a sense of humor about "privacy" on the internet is >> required . . . and then some understanding that public life includes moments >> of embarrassment, even humiliation, a few short moments of joy . . . until >> we close our eyes for "the big sleep" . . . and then, if what you are saying >> is correct . . . the "evidence" of our web exploits will remain for another >> 2.5 years . . . until we can then "disappear" into eternal "privacy" . . . >> leaving no trace, etc. : - 0 >> >> F >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Richie Bloss <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Guess I'll have to post one more time. >>> >>> Absolutely love POI :0) >>> >>> Quite honestly I am a bit surprised @ the cavalier attitude the Ubuntu >>> community has towards email privacy & that this hasn't been addressed before >>> now. >>> >>> Of the dozens of forums, mailing lists, blogs, etc I post to this is the >>> only one wherein my gmail id is dredged up. That tells me they're all doing >>> it better than the Ubuntu folks. >>> >>> Will try to pursue this thru the Google Product forums since I cannot get >>> the administrator of this mailing list to respond. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> >> -- >> Lubuntu-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >> > -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
