Re: [Techno-Chat]: Article: Google Docs users locked out of their files in glitch that raises deeper concerns

2017-11-03 Thread Joshua Gregory
and for that matter anything online... sure perhaps local clouds but beyond that... and companies share everything about us anyway. We might not like it but it's the age we live in. On 11/3/17, Dane Trethowan wrote: > There’s no such thing as privacy on Google. > > >

Re: [Techno-Chat]: Article: Google Docs users locked out of their files in glitch that raises deeper concerns

2017-11-03 Thread Dane Trethowan
There’s no such thing as privacy on Google. ** “For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the 1’s you put in the ground and not the electric light 1’s.” > On 4 Nov 2017, at 1:12 am, Gordon Smith wrote: > > Having read this article, I think

Re: [Techno-Chat]: Article: Google Docs users locked out of their files in glitch that raises deeper concerns

2017-11-03 Thread Gordon Smith
Having read this article, I think you are totally missing the point. This has absolutely nothing to do with advertising. It has to do with a breech of privacy. If Google’s personnel are monitoring your documents, then it could result in serious breeches of both privacy and confidentiality. I

[Techno-Chat]: Article: Google Docs users locked out of their files in glitch that raises deeper concerns

2017-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
I really don’t know what all the fuss is about. Google Docs is a free service so you use it at your own risk. Yep, Google collects data and has always done to provide you with their free service thanks to the support of advertisers who won’t advertise with Google unless they know something about