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OT Gmail
#55877 07/28/04 12:32 AM
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I am suuuuuch a geek that I am posting here to say that I am very excited as I just got a gmail invite.

Wow, I really need to get a life....

jr


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#55878 07/28/04 12:35 AM
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loser. I got one last month.

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#55879 07/28/04 12:36 AM
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Hehe. Man, why you gotta rain on my parade! :-P

jr

How is the spam so far?


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#55880 07/28/04 12:37 AM
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zero spam so far, unless you count the e-mails I get from Ken.

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#55881 07/28/04 01:55 AM
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hey if anyone wants to invite me i'd be happy my email is LouisLo16@hotmail.com

heheh please?

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#55882 07/28/04 03:10 AM
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I have a gmail account too...no invites though, sorry.


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#55883 07/28/04 04:27 AM
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I haven't been paying attention... the main benifit is jsut that gig of space, right?...


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#55884 07/28/04 05:32 AM
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Well, that is a benefit. But right now it is (for me anyway) a combination of it being from google (I'm a whore for google) and braging rights. I got one before everyone else could sign up.
Both really geeky of me! Hence my admitting it right off the bat.

jr


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#55885 07/28/04 11:42 AM
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You are actually happy to have been offered a gmail account? I wouldn't go near it. I don't care how much space they give, I don't want them reading my mail. I'm also refusing to exchange mail with anyone using it, since they can read that too. They are using it all for tracking and targeted ads. I normally like google, but that is too much.

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#55886 07/28/04 01:29 PM
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First, "they" who read your email is a computer program. And yes, it automatically inserts ads to the right of the email occasionally. You hardly notice them. As for privacy concerns, you know that email sent on any email system is just as vulnerable to prying eyes as gmail? If a *person* wants to read your email and has the authority or know how to do it, they will. If the feds want your email, they will get it, hell if they want your text messages they can apparently get those too. If a computer program scans my email so that it can do targetted advertising, I am perfectly fine with that. There is no human who can read your emails on gmail and not read them on another server. Even when you've "deleted" your emails, they are often still there for months or years, accessible if needed.

Do you use google? You know they target ads based on everything you search right? It's no different, except that instead of your search queries they also advertise based on email content.

I wouldn't reccommend going into your public library and checking out 100 books consisting of books on chemistry, religion, atlas', psychology, terrorism, and law enforcement tactics. That's going to set off some flags. That's a privacy situation I would worry about. That is people directly reviewing your reading habits and deciding if you are a concern or not. This is a whole other beast.


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