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From: John Corliss on 10 Jun 2010 14:01 Phil wrote: > Mike Gasson wrote: >> Craig wrote: >>> Man-wai Chang to The Door wrote: >>>> >>>> I noticed a report claiming that Chrome 5.0 was a lot faster >>> >>> Absolutely! Indubitably! Except in certain, broad and poorly-defined >>> situations. >>> >>> "hth," >> >> Should I be concerned about using Chrome considering what Google are >> reputed to do with people's history and browsing data? >> >> Before I give it a try. > > Could call it scaremongering. "If you don't do anything wrong, then you have nothing to be concerned about." http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-545269 > What makes you think the others don't do something similar, but just > aren't as OPEN about it ? You have a point here. After all, the default search engine in Firefox is Google. When you type something into the location field and hit enter, Firefox finds the most likely website. However, it's not Firefox which is doing the searching, it's Google. -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (like x-privat.org for eg.) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. Adobe Flash sucks, DivX rules.
From: Ari on 10 Jun 2010 16:28 On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:07:38 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote: > VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in news:huq4aq$r8v$1(a)news.albasani.net: > >> Even if not a so-called terrorist (the definition of which can include >> you if you threaten with just a baseball bat), be wary of what you > store >> at Google. They caught a spammer using Google Docs for their records >> (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/cloud-warrant/) so they can >> see anything of yours if suddently they decide that you are a "person > of >> interest". >> > > Do you understand that your ISP has a record of everything you do? I'm positive yours does. I'm positive mine doesn't. The difference is in the capabilities of the user. -- Talk about F-Cars - www.ferrarichat.com/forum/member.php?u=89702
From: Ari on 10 Jun 2010 16:30 On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:54:18 +0100, Mike Gasson wrote: > That is the bit I'm confused about. Should that read you _should_ use > SRWare Iron? Clue: Wrong forum. You're asking a set of cretins to provide you information that is well out of their knowledge range. *Well* out of it. -- Talk about F-Cars - www.ferrarichat.com/forum/member.php?u=89702
From: Spamblk on 10 Jun 2010 17:34 Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote in news:Xns9D92CF3876092bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net: > Schmidt says: "If you have something that you don't want anyone to > know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place, but if you > really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines > including Google do retain this information for some time, and it's > important, for example that we are all subject in the United States to > the Patriot Act. It is possible that that information could be made > available to the authorities." > > He is absolutely correct whether people like it or not. You are a fool > if you do anything on the web (through your ISP) that you don't want > anyone to know. There is good reason why, and to demonize Schmidt for > stating the obvious is foolish. Virtually everyone goes through an ISP > to the net. At that point you are exposed...end of subject. Hi Bear, you have given a comprehensive quote from Schmidt. However it is the first part of the quote that is the most controversial: : If you have something that you don't want anyone to : know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place In some of the comments I have read, eg from the EFF and others, the statement seems to connote a sense of entitlement to gather personal data on the basis of innuendo: insinuating that the desire for privacy is linked to wrongdoing. NB It is fairly clear that once a datagram leaves your computer, you lose control of it.
From: za kAT on 10 Jun 2010 17:34
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:28:22 -0400, Ari wrote: > > Do you understand that your ISP has a record of everything you do? > > I'm positive yours does. I'm positive mine doesn't. The difference is > in the capabilities of the user. LOL -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat - Sergeant Tech-Com, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You've been targeted for denigration! |