Re: [OM] Gmail users, what do you say about this?

[Andrew Fildes]

Privacy is an illusion.
Yesterday I sat on a train and listened to two phone conversations - well heard 
them. i didn't have a lot of choice. The two women involved were happy to 
discuss quite personal family matters at length and detail in hearing of 
perhaps twenty complete strangers. and yet, I'm sure that in other 
circumstances, they would be protective of their privacy. 
People are strange. They'll read photo magazines that invade the privacy of 
others and yet assume that they they themselves can't be photographed in 
public. 
Privacy statements are there to maintain the illusion.
It doesn't exist. As in that old advice that you should regard every microphone 
as open, you should assume that anyone can find out anything about you if they 
try hard enough. 
Such is life. Be prepared.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



On 14/12/2010, at 10:41 AM, Jeff Keller wrote:

> Have you looked at their privacy statements?

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