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switchbitch
Joined: Apr 29, 2003
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I recently was offered a gmail account, which was very kind of the person who gave it to me, but i have to say i wont be using it. Gmail is quite frankly the most sinister and unsubtle mass information gathering technique i have ever come across, and it is a frightening infringement on ones individuality, confidentiality, and privacy.
I'm very interested to hear everyone's opinions of gmail; i for one will not send mail to a gmail account, nor will i encourage the use of it. In fact, i would actively participate in any effort to halt the spread of gmail usage.
Your thoughts please.....
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BobaFett
Joined: Jan 06, 2004
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From: Kamino (wish it would be Lund)
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I use for storing messages and i am satisfied with it. Do like the integrated search function.
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switchbitch
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Its the political issues im concerned with, rather than the technical features.
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Elrond
Joined: May 14, 2003
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It's not so great as it seems. I use spymac. It's way much better.
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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it seems all the gmail discussions turn into spymac promotion 
personally just the name "spymac" puts me off
I don't trust any of them anyway and don't keep anything too personal on hotmail or gmail but those accounts serve their purpose well
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Elrond
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That's not a promotion . I just use it and it's similar 'cos the 1GB account. That's all.
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mixin
Joined: Jan 26, 2002
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From: Notts, UK
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I stay away from free web based email these days anyway.
I'd rather set up a website and have a more exclusive address and less spam 
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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@elrond, no sorry, I didn't mean it like that
anyway these are just throw away accounts. if you don't use them for a period of time they are deleted and the username recycled so I can't see the harm myself
I'm more worried about cookies and spyware on my pc and do a cleanup every day
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Elrond
Joined: May 14, 2003
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From: Slovakia
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@masseur No probs. I know how you meaned it.
BTW. I have 3 invitations to gmail. The first 3, who PM me their e-mail address can have one each.
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Jim
Joined: Jan 20, 2002
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From: Belgium
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I use it for storing some big files, other than that I never send any mails
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BobaFett
Joined: Jan 06, 2004
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Think charged sites, personal pages or free based ones can be hacked any time. I always imagine how the operator personal reads my sms. We are spyed here on esato too. Welcome in 1984.
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Elrond
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We are spyed everywhere and in the past we did know where we were spyed and by who. On internet we don't know who, but we now we are.
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BobaFett
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@ebody why do u think that gmail is less secure then other services?
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Elrond
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It's not less secure, but it's described in it's policy, that they read your e-mails and they do not delete it even if you delete it permanently. That's the point of whole gmail hate IMHO.
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Bianca
Joined: Dec 29, 2002
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From: The Netherlands
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Google says it in their policy. Maybe other providers (like microsoft) do it without you knowing it |
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Posted: 2004-07-05 15:45
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