Why internet privacy concerns are wrong
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From: KristleBawl on 7 Jun 2010 09:30 John Corliss expressed an opinion: > »Q« wrote: >> Bob Adkins wrote: >>> I laugh at people that worry about privacy in their GMail >>> account. Yea, right, Google has a guy that sits there and watches >>> what you type. I guess Google has what, 10 million employees? :D >> >> I think they use computers, Bob. > > Not only that, but consider that it may be only after suspicion is > aroused that they start looking at your account. Backing up and > storing everything you send or receive facilitates that. I'm not worried about that kind of privacy, because I know what I do online. I'm only concerned about stalkers and crazies trying to locate me offline. It really bugs me if someone reveals personal information about an online personality, especially a real name and location. -- Grits - Cream of Wheat with an Attitude KristleBawl's Taglines by Tagzilla 0.066.2 http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla
From: John Corliss on 7 Jun 2010 15:23 KristleBawl wrote: > John Corliss wrote: >> »Q« wrote: >>> Bob Adkins wrote: >>>> I laugh at people that worry about privacy in their GMail >>>> account. Yea, right, Google has a guy that sits there and watches >>>> what you type. I guess Google has what, 10 million employees? :D >>> >>> I think they use computers, Bob. >> >> Not only that, but consider that it may be only after suspicion is >> aroused that they start looking at your account. Backing up and >> storing everything you send or receive facilitates that. > > I'm not worried about that kind of privacy, because I know what I do > online.(snip) Well I, for one, *do* worry about that kind of thing. I don't accept the assertion that "you have nothing to worry about if you're doing nothing wrong." That's what they said in Nazi Germany. -- 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: »Q« on 9 Jun 2010 00:03
In <news:MPG.267793fe9d2c0021989714(a)news.eternal-september.org>, AlleyCat <al(a)aohell.com> wrote: > In article <Xns9D90337D5CF1bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net>, > bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com says... > > AlleyCat <al(a)aohell.com> wrote in > > news:MPG.267640686f0cd0da989712(a)news.eternal-september.org: > > > > > In article <Xns9D8F4B13F9BEbearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net>, > > > bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com says... > > >> somebody might try to sell you something you probably will like > > >> > > > Like I said... I buys what I wants. I'm not the kind that lets > > > advertisements sway me. > > > > How do you know about it? > > It? Mr. Bottoms believes that if you don't let companies spy on you, there will be no way for you to find out about anything you want. OTOH, if you install enough spyware, you'll find yourself in a veritable wonderland of delightful things to buy. So by all means, don't worry about privacy! It's important not to! |