Comments on: Google developing eavesdropping software | The Register http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/ If you look after truth and goodness, beauty looks after herself Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bucky http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/comment-page-1/#comment-2060 bucky Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:07:23 +0000 http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/#comment-2060 That really applies to any isp, not just gmail. Its scary to think how many people rely on email to send private stuff. You know what? Email isnt secure. Unless you use pgp keys or something similiar to encrypt it, but I have not done that since the days of 'finding' things on the internet. That really applies to any isp, not just gmail. Its scary to think how many people rely on email to send private stuff. You know what? Email isnt secure. Unless you use pgp keys or something similiar to encrypt it, but I have not done that since the days of ‘finding’ things on the internet.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 Nathan Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:10:19 +0000 http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/#comment-2059 I listened to a panel talk (for work) about the ethics of storing search data, and one thing stuck out. Through the Freedom of Information Act, we have the right to request and obtain copies of all the data the government has collected on us. BUT, since Google is a private company, no such law exists. Every gmail you write or delete, stored. And you have absolutely no rights to make them reveal what they have. Scary. I listened to a panel talk (for work) about the ethics of storing search data, and one thing stuck out. Through the Freedom of Information Act, we have the right to request and obtain copies of all the data the government has collected on us. BUT, since Google is a private company, no such law exists. Every gmail you write or delete, stored. And you have absolutely no rights to make them reveal what they have. Scary.

]]> By: Chris http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/comment-page-1/#comment-2053 Chris Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:35:22 +0000 http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/#comment-2053 Ever since The Register had a nice fat article about how their OFFICIAL source inside AMD said they would NOT buy ATI I haven't been really trusting the stuff The Register puts out. That said, if this is true, no, I probably won't stop using google services but I definately won't use that service. As for the email folders thing. I find them annoying now after using gmail. Why would anybody want folders?? Labels can sort and filter your emails just the same as a folder displays them to you. Plus you don't have to select each different folder when you search for something. At work I use thunderbird to connect to our exchange server via IMAP. I hate having to select "Inbox" or "Sent Items" or any other folder I have mail filtered to just to search for a specific email. I'm not a google junkie but they definately have some good ideas when it comes to email. Ever since The Register had a nice fat article about how their OFFICIAL source inside AMD said they would NOT buy ATI I haven’t been really trusting the stuff The Register puts out.

That said, if this is true, no, I probably won’t stop using google services but I definately won’t use that service.

As for the email folders thing. I find them annoying now after using gmail. Why would anybody want folders?? Labels can sort and filter your emails just the same as a folder displays them to you. Plus you don’t have to select each different folder when you search for something.

At work I use thunderbird to connect to our exchange server via IMAP. I hate having to select “Inbox” or “Sent Items” or any other folder I have mail filtered to just to search for a specific email.

I’m not a google junkie but they definately have some good ideas when it comes to email.

]]> By: kermit http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/comment-page-1/#comment-2052 kermit Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:35:58 +0000 http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/#comment-2052 you dont own a cam...then who have I been watching every night? you dont own a cam…then who have I been watching every night?

]]> By: antman45 http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/comment-page-1/#comment-2050 antman45 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:52:49 +0000 http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/#comment-2050 Yeah that's lame, but I don't own a cam and my mic is always off. Yeah that’s lame, but I don’t own a cam and my mic is always off.

]]> By: Frosty Goodness http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/comment-page-1/#comment-2042 Frosty Goodness Mon, 04 Sep 2006 18:14:27 +0000 http://www.thebusypixel.com/2006/09/04/google-developing-eavesdropping-software-the-register/#comment-2042 I barely use google services as it is now. Not having folders in mail is just plain dumb. Even without it, Google always seems to be missing certain features in each of their apps that makes them 100% useful. And now eavesdropping. Jolly. Good thing I dont have a microphone. Or maybe I should buy one and keep it permanently posted next to the toilet. Let's see the "fingerprint" for last nights burrito. I barely use google services as it is now. Not having folders in mail is just plain dumb.

Even without it, Google always seems to be missing certain features in each of their apps that makes them 100% useful.

And now eavesdropping. Jolly. Good thing I dont have a microphone. Or maybe I should buy one and keep it permanently posted next to the toilet. Let’s see the “fingerprint” for last nights burrito.

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