[ale] What's so special about gmail invites?

[Robert Reese]

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On 9/2/2004 at 9:28 PM Jeff Hubbs wrote:

>> >And you know this...how?
>> 
>> I've analyzed the output of these programs.  However, if you have
>information to the contrary, I'm interested in it.


>From "analyz[ing] the output of these programs," you know that Google
>cannot and does not peruse the mail that goes through Gmail?  If you can
>analyse the output, why can't Google analyze the output - or the input,
>for that matter?

Different systems.  If I were to run my outbound data through a remote
firewall and virus scanner, then I have no way of determining what those
remote machines do with the data.  However, since the programs reside on my
harddrive and my memory, I can analyze and control them myself.  Google
doesn't run from my harddrive or memory.  It is a remote system.  And yes,
Google does sift through each and every message sent and received to and
from GMail.

>I thought that only quantum encryption had the capability of proving if
>information had been observed or not.  

Um, not even related.  You might be thinking of a quantum mechanics law
that states essentially that the act of observing something changes it. 
But in this case, nope.  Just as seeing a boulder on the side of a cliff
doesn't change it.  ;c)

Cheers,
Robert Reese~

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