Well Lee, I'm not going to argue too hard, because I'm fundamentally a libertarian. But, if the message only returns an "opened" response, I don't see any difference between the electronic and the paper versions. After all, you can delete email without opening.
You might enjoy http://www.theagitator.com/ To me, the most persuasive "slippery slope" argument is that we are on the verge of being inundated with "slippery slope" arguments. Bill Holt -----Original Message----- From: Lee Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:33:40 -0400 Subject: Re: MacGroup: Confirmation of receipt? > On Aug 15, 2006, at 9:42 PM, Bill Holt wrote: > > > I understand your disapproval of this when it's misused, but aren't > > there innocent uses as well? When I send a letter through the > > USPO, certified with return receipt requested, am I spying? I > > don't think so ... only making sure "it" got there. > > But, the snail mail recipient can look at the envelope and see how it > was sent. Indeed, in many such cases the post office collects a > signature. > > In the MSGTAG case, it's done without the recipient's knowledge and > it seems to me there's a deliberate attempt to hide the fact the > sender was notified. In fact, with some of these programs, the sender > is notified every time the email is opened. > > Maybe I'm being overly sensitive, but I don't like my privacy to be > violated even in such small ways. It seems like every time we turn > around there's someone trying to glean one more little bit of > information about what we're doing. We're poised on the lip of some > sort of slippery slope and I don't want to see what's at the bottom. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
