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For all the people complaining about Google and GMail and privacy, it makes me want to say...well, don't put your shit online? -- (link)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Feb 12 '10, 12:09

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Why would you use an online email program from Google of all places if you really really wanted to be private? (fugitivus.wordpress.com)

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all i know is that google is pretty much the most overrated company on the planet....nm - x Feb 12, 12:19 2
- But they *make* money. That alone should make you appreciate them, unlike TiVo. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 12:23 1
  - they make 90% of revenue off a product developed by someone else in 1998.... - x Feb 12, 12:25
there was no way to know they wouldn't have you opt-in instead of opting-out. when I saw what was visible to anyone I've ever gmailed with, it was - b. Feb 12, 12:13 8
- What in the who now? - pmb Feb 12, 12:17 7
  - Are you on twitter? Or familiar with it? Basically, anyone can "follow" anyone (unless you block them implicitly), but anyone can also see *everyone* - JaxSean Feb 12, 12:24
  - upon signing-in to buzz, anyone you've gmailed or gchatted with who has gmail is on a list that's visible to all the others. - b. Feb 12, 12:22 5
    - But they can't see anything in your gmail account right? Just if you post some status or something. -- nm - pmb Feb 12, 12:28 4
      - right. unless you post status, it's like access to part of your address book. - b. Feb 12, 12:31
      - of course not. it's just a list of people. it's much ado about silliness. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 12:29 2
        
        But then you know who I email!?!?! THE HORROR! -- nm - oblique Feb 12, 12:31 1
        
        yah, I'm done. -- nm - b. Feb 12, 12:34
I don't get the complaints either. Your contact list? Really? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 12:12 3
- who I talk/e-mail with is my business, and I should have to opt-in to choose who gets to see that. - b. Feb 12, 12:15 2
  - I can see the principle at play here. I just don't see the 'problem'. - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 12:28 1
    - I don't care if y'all know I talk with y'all, but I do care if you see my non-st friends/family/coworkers. - b. Feb 12, 12:33
exactly google can use the stuff however they want -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 12, 12:11
people love freaking out about shit. they love it so much, they don't even need to understand why they're upset. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 12:11 2
- yep, goes back to my personal belief that people need something to bitch about. -- nm - CQ Feb 12, 12:11 1
  - "We lost entire *crops* ..." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 12:13

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