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On 1/29/2012 02:47 PM, Mick wrote: |
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> On Sunday 29 Jan 2012 19:12:17 Dale wrote: |
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> As far as I can tell all that is changing with Google is they are going to |
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> join up in terms of user authentication, hitherto separate portals or apps |
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> they had. I do not see a material difference to what is there now. |
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> Fastmail, Google, Yahoo!, Yandex, et al, are all public ISPs and are making |
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> their money one way or another. It is in their benefit to respect users |
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> privacy, but don't for a minute think that your info while in their systems |
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> can be deemed as private. Unless you use encryption they can probe it, |
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> analyse it, read it, categorise it, etc. Whether it is Google ads bureau, or |
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> CIA, or FSB, there is not much of a difference between them as far as the |
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> privacy of your data is concerned. |
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> I think that you are worrying yourself unnecessarily, although there is no |
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> harm in being cautious all the same. |
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In the age of the corporate Internet, it is wise to understand that information |
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is a commodity that is bought and sold and that anything that goes through you |
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ISP and public providers (like Yahoo, Google, etc.) is available for sale, with |
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the exceptions of bank account numbers and the like. |
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In short, it is wise to assume that there is no reasonable assumption of |
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privacy for any of your activity on the Internet. |
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Using encryption is a good policy, especially if you use the Internet to buy |
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and sell things - otherwise your credit card numbers, bank accounts, and so on, |
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can be compromised. However, one should also read the terms of use and terms |
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of service for all services they use. For example, it violates the Yahoo terms |
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of use to use proxy servers or networks (e.g. Tor) to obscure one's location |
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and IP address. |
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Governments, as you bring up, also monitor Internet traffic, though they are |
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mainly looking for what they deem as threats to their security. |
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I agree that there is no harm in being cautious. |
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Chris |
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