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

[runman at speedfactory.net]

On 9/7/2004, "Geoffrey" <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:

>Pete Hardie wrote:
>> alelist wrote:
>>
>>> Google involves a third party. The advertisers, who may inherit rights
>>> and demands in the contract with GMail.
>>>
>>> Read the links already supplied in these posts..., otherwise most people
>>> would think that you do not care for Federal Law - just like Jet Blue!
>>
>>
>> How is this any different than Google scanning mailing list archives,
>> and presenting targetted ads to a user browsing the web via Google
>> searches?
>
>Because email list archives are public, personal email I send to
>fool at gmail.com is not. (note I did not say private email..)

i.e. When I send to a public list I know that my words and email address
are now in the public domain.  No problem.  However, when I send an
email to someone's gmail address - a "private" email - I shouldn't
have to worry about it being in the public domain - and if I don't want
Google to use it, then how do I get it out of their system ???


>
>> The ads are still presented to the individual using Google, the topics
>> are still public on mailing lists, etc?
>>
>> Now, I tend to agree somewhat that it seems a bit naive to use gmail for
>> personal email, if only because it means that someone may at some point
>> get 1TB of your personal stuff in the Google Chapter 11 firesale, but
>> you already send email to people who may be archiving it and analyzing
>> it for any purpose.
>
>Not in the way, capacity gmail will.

Yes, but mail is normally seen as a "protected" (even somewhat lamely)
communication by law and most users showing any type of manners.  gmail
is protected by neither.  It's crass commercialism and rude as hell to
those who want nothing to do with it.  Besides - I would probably stand
a good chance of just asking a person to delete those emails they have
sent by myself ... what do you think are your chances of asking Google
to delete it ???? or even those downstream of Google ???

>
>>
>> I mean, corporations wouldn't do anything *illegal* now, even for
>> profit, would they?

.. and what planet are you living on ??? Can I get tickets to go there
???  Until the law gets rid of seeing faceless corporations as a legal
entity in criminal matters and starts to hold real live persons
accountable for their actions ...

-Greg

>
>Which corporations would you be alluding to?  Certainly not isps??
>
>
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>Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
>                             AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995
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