Google mail is evil – privacy advocates
Tracey:
True enough, privacy policy advocates are indeed a godsend for the lay person who, like myself, cannot even begin to comprehend the long complicated jargon used to explain what in fact you are agreeing to sign on to. Thanks be it is they, the privacy advocates, who are able to go over these policies with a fine toothed comb to ensure that companies are abiding by their statements, and that legal recourse is an option if found in breach of their agreements.
The point is well articulated why privacy policy advocates are not only a necessity but also a valuable component in keeping a legal and ethical eye over companies that most assuredly would run astray if left unto themselves.
Yes, perhaps it is a bit premature to think Google is "upfront" about anything but rather is responding only to what privacy advocates are uncovering and reporting on. Despite their questionable practices however… stock is up…and folks are beginning to pay attention...... http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-media-google.html?hp&ex=1098504000&en=adc0d0210ddb4fc9&ei=5094&partner=ho
This might also have something to do with it: "The rationale behind going public is business expansion; but Google can't add services unless people trust it."®
I still can't help but feel that no matter who's minding the store..someone keeps trying to peek through my window...
Vincent Laforet/The New York Times
Here is an abstract relating to questionable internet security issues...
"Schemes known as "phishing'' use e-mail messages to lure unwitting consumers to Web sites masquerading as home pages of trusted banks and credit card issuers, corporate security specialists say. Online visitors are then induced to reveal passwords as well as bank account, Social Security and credit card numbers."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/business/yourmoney/24theft.html?hp&ex=1098676800&en=1893227980a002da&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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