Regarding Google Desktop, it operates strictly locally, Google doesn't see the data. Gmail is a different story, in theory the data are not seen by humans but that's only theory. Of course the same goes for any email provider.
Michel 2009/1/30 Horace Heffner <[email protected]>: > > On Jan 30, 2009, at 1:07 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: > >> 2009/1/27 Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Michel Jullian wrote: >>>> >>>> Have you tried Google Desktop? >>> >>> It did not work well for me. >> >> Initially I thought it didn't work well for me either, it crashed the >> machine, but as I guessed correctly that was due to it trying to >> access parts of my disk which were corrupted. After repairing the disk >> it indexed it in a few days and since then (April 2008) it has been >> working like a charm. >> >> Being able to Google one's own disk as easily as the internet feels >> paradoxically quite extraordinary. Particularly useful when it >> contains a vast collection of text mode or OCR'd pdf papers >> unavailable on the web! >> >> Michel > > It might be a good idea to chack what rights you gave to Google regarding > the data, possibly even when you signed up for gmail. > > Best regards, > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > > > > >
