On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Jos Collin <[email protected]> wrote:
> gmail is good. But it has a nasty spy feature too. I would like to > share it with you. It is the chat feature in gmail window. When ever I > log in to gmail, it informs every one online saying "Jos Collin has > logged in now". When ever I'm not working, it informs everybody saying > "Jos Collin is away". Afterwards, if I move my mouse, it informs > everybody saying "jos Collin is back online". I dont understand how it is a "nasty spy" feature. It is how a good IM client should work. It automatically goes away when I am away. It goes green when I comes back. And if I dont want others to know that I am online, I can be invisible or as you said, I can turn it off. BTW, I am not a fan of inbox chat. I always keep it turned off. I use pidgin for IM. ~Jain Anyway, google provides > the option to turn off the chat window, so that I can say "Hey don't > send out anything". Or we can use a text browser to completely avoid > it. > > - Jos Collin > > On 10/07/2009, Jos Collin <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's not a problem. google doesn't take control of my computing if I > > use their email service. The question is Why we have to use an OS and > > other softwares, which are provided by google and give up our freedom? > > The same exist in our computer or laptop, which grant us freedom. Why > > whould I put all my softwares in somebody else's server and ask him to > > control me? > > > > - Jos Collin > > > > On 10/07/2009, madhu kannan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A Gmail user don't know what Google is doing with the contents or how > >> they > >> operate , isn't it loosing your freedom for a silly conveniance for > >> email > >> :-) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Jos Collin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> Finally, if you don't recognize your freedom, you won't value it. If > >>> you don't value your freedom, you won't defend it. If you don't defend > >>> your freedom, you are going to loose it. Like this. > >>> > >>> You don't value your freedom. That's the reason you are thinking about > >>> silly conveniences like chrome. > >>> > >>> - Jos Collin > >>> > >>> On 10/07/2009, Fayaz useful <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > For a simple reason, its nice to have your own OS with you wherever > >>> you're > >>> > going. (At least where there is internet) > >>> > And I think this is can be attributed as a triumph for FOSS that such > >>> > an > >>> > idea is coming to realization. I don't think Google would have even > >>> thought > >>> > of something like this if a free and open kernel was not available. > >>> > And, > >>> > yeah, Google is seeming to be taking control, but a lot of people > have > >>> > benefited from its services... (Unlike some other corporates I know > of > >>> > :P > >>> -- > >>> > Read Micro$oft) > >>> > An intuitive ethical introvert > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 22:00, Jos Collin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > > >>> >> Again why? Why you have to do this? > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> > > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> ILUG Cochin Mailing List > >>> http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/ > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > >>> #[email protected] > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/madhukannan/ > >> > >> http://madhukannan.blogspot.com/ > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > ILUG Cochin Mailing List > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/ > [email protected] > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] > -- Regards, Jain M Johny
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