Comments on: Google (and Yahoo) Using Email to Profile You! http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html Do No Evil Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:03:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: hank freid http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-22959 hank freid Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:09:02 +0000 http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-22959 Google and Yahoo have come up with new and very similar plans to respond to the challenge from MySpace and Facebook: They hope to turn their e-mail systems and personalized home page services (iGoogle and MyYahoo) into social networks. Google and Yahoo have come up with new and very similar plans to respond to the challenge from MySpace and Facebook: They hope to turn their e-mail systems and personalized home page services (iGoogle and MyYahoo) into social networks.

]]> By: gevil http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-1356 gevil Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:11:07 +0000 http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-1356 My favorite part about this is that the guy used a fbi.gov email address. Like it's supposed to impress me or scare me or something... My favorite part about this is that the guy used a fbi.gov email address. Like it’s supposed to impress me or scare me or something…

]]> By: gevil=conspiracytheorist http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-1074 gevil=conspiracytheorist Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:41:32 +0000 http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-1074 This site is crap This site is crap

]]> By: gevil http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-115 gevil Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:20:35 +0000 http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-115 James, Google did indeed stand their ground in that instance, however, they've since turned over records to the government several times. They have cooperated with our government and have agreed to censor their results due to the demands of the Chinese government. These are not the actions of a company I want to entrust my data to. James, Google did indeed stand their ground in that instance, however, they’ve since turned over records to the government several times. They have cooperated with our government and have agreed to censor their results due to the demands of the Chinese government.

These are not the actions of a company I want to entrust my data to.

]]> By: James Mortensen http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-114 James Mortensen Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:13:28 +0000 http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-114 I remember reading a news story sometime last year regarding the government and its request that all of the major search engines hand over years worth of search queries submitted by users. All of them gave in: MSN, Yahoo, and AOL, and many others. However, Google stood their ground and said NO. In fact, I just performed a search query and came up with several results: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/government-requests-search-engine-records-google-says-no/ http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060119-060352 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5165530 AOL may have released their records, but AOL isn't Google and it never will be! You can't predict the behavior of one organization based on another. Google and AOL obviously have different standards of ethics, and the two are in no way related. I don't believe Google is the demon that you claim it is. Their leadership has stood by the privacy of their users, and I will continue to support them. I may even apply for a position at one of their new offices! James Mortensen I remember reading a news story sometime last year regarding the government and its request that all of the major search engines hand over years worth of search queries submitted by users.

All of them gave in: MSN, Yahoo, and AOL, and many others. However, Google stood their ground and said NO.

In fact, I just performed a search query and came up with several results:

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/government-requests-search-engine-records-google-says-no/
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060119-060352
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5165530

AOL may have released their records, but AOL isn’t Google and it never will be! You can’t predict the behavior of one organization based on another. Google and AOL obviously have different standards of ethics, and the two are in no way related.

I don’t believe Google is the demon that you claim it is. Their leadership has stood by the privacy of their users, and I will continue to support them. I may even apply for a position at one of their new offices!

James Mortensen

]]> By: Big D http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-25 Big D Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:29:19 +0000 http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-25 I went ahead and Googled his email. Google say's "did not match any documents." So I just called him and asked him if he was a member of any forum that was conspiracy related. Did he join or give his email to any message board? He said he is not and he was very private in his research. He is very protective of his email address. D I went ahead and Googled his email. Google say’s “did not match any documents.”

So I just called him and asked him if he was a member of any forum that was conspiracy related. Did he join or give his email to any message board? He said he is not and he was very private in his research. He is very protective of his email address.

D

]]> By: gevil http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-24 gevil Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:59:28 +0000 http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-24 Gabrial, you don’t have a problem with Google using their search data for profiling, advertising, and who knows what else? Even if you don’t care about the ads being shown in emails, isn’t it a VERY slippery slope to be heading down? We’re providing these companies (not just Google) with some of the most valuable information possible, and we’re not requiring any regulations, or requiring any accountability. This is actually going to be the subject of a post quite soon. And, to say “if you don’t like it, make your own internet” is just asinine. Gabrial, you don’t have a problem with Google using their search data for profiling, advertising, and who knows what else?

Even if you don’t care about the ads being shown in emails, isn’t it a VERY slippery slope to be heading down?

We’re providing these companies (not just Google) with some of the most valuable information possible, and we’re not requiring any regulations, or requiring any accountability. This is actually going to be the subject of a post quite soon.

And, to say “if you don’t like it, make your own internet” is just asinine.

]]> By: Gabrial Casey http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-22 Gabrial Casey Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:43:58 +0000 http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-22 Google is an advertising company. They have access to everything on the internet via thier search technology. If Bob is a ranting conspiacy nut that blogs all over the internet and the e-mail has no other marketable ad words then I am sure it will turn up. And really bob should start his own e-mail server on his own internet if he does not want people poking around his account. This is not 1984. Google is an outstanding american company. Google is an advertising company. They have access to everything on the internet via thier search technology. If Bob is a ranting conspiacy nut that blogs all over the internet and the e-mail has no other marketable ad words then I am sure it will turn up. And really bob should start his own e-mail server on his own internet if he does not want people poking around his account. This is not 1984. Google is an outstanding american company.

]]> By: Big D http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-21 Big D Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:38:16 +0000 http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-21 No, but it appears that email data mining is already underway. If they can do it with a court order, it is already being done. Look at the 4th paragraph in this <span style="background-color: #ff9900">article</span> just sent to me. <a rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #ff9900" target="_blank" href="http://news.zdnet.com/2102-9595_22-6154457.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.zdnet.com/2102-9595_22-6154457.html</a> I will se if I can Google his email and get back too you. D <em><strong> Editor's Note:</strong> You might need to copy and paste the link into your browser.</em> No, but it appears that email data mining is already underway. If they can do it with a court order, it is already being done.

Look at the 4th paragraph in this article just sent to me. http://news.zdnet.com/2102-9595_22-6154457.html

I will se if I can Google his email and get back too you.

D

Editor’s Note: You might need to copy and paste the link into your browser.

]]> By: shookout http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-20 shookout Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:27:48 +0000 http://gevil.org/airing-of-g-rievances/google-and-yahoo-using-email-to-profile-you.html#comment-20 did you google his yahoo email address? I bet he posts on some illuminati message boards and the ad sense used his email address just like it does any other text. If that is "mostly what he visits" I bet his email address is listed on some of those sites and that's why that came up. did you google his yahoo email address? I bet he posts on some illuminati message boards and the ad sense used his email address just like it does any other text. If that is “mostly what he visits” I bet his email address is listed on some of those sites and that’s why that came up.

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