On 08/06/2018 04:58 PM, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > >> If you don't believe it, try it. It just enters a loop where it keeps >> sending you a confirmation link but never confirms > > Support page: https://support.google.com/groups/answer/1067205?hl=en > > Join a Google group without a Gmail address > > If you don't have a Google Account, you can: > - Read posts in public groups > - Search for posts in public groups > > You need a Google Account to: > - Create and manage a group > - Join a group > - Post to a group > - Delete a post > - Read a restricted group's posts > > > It's probably because one has to accept the terms of use before you can > post anything, which is reasonable. There is too much spam and other > crap already. That's the whole reason we don't use something else or > run our own. > > You don't need to use your real name or anything, you can just create a > Google account specifically for the group. However, we do like to know > who you are! :-) >
The points you make are trivial compared to the realtime tracking and the threat to my safety that google presents. I do not want them to know the IP address that I entered from. I do not want them building a foot print of my emails to the list. I do not to turn off the no-script protections in the browser so that they then accumulate 60 more data points on my identity and activities. This is a much larger problem than any spam problem. I run 4 mailing lists, and none have seen spam in 10 years. Having an account with google is an unsafe practice that will lead to identity theft, exploitation, and detailed tracking, which is a form of rape. They form an acurate profile that they use against my interests and which I do not want them to have... and neither should anyone else. I strongly suggest you reconsider this. Ruben -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013 -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
