Targeted doesn't require aggregated content, and aggregated content doesn't mean anyone ever looks.
I have no idea if Google cares what's in my emails. I just have no reason to think they (as in humans) care more than Yahoo or Hotmail.
Actually, I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet. You know, we could...we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something.
Tara ,'Empty Places'
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§ ita § - Sep 04, 2007 8:03:52 pm PDT #2607 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Typo Boy - Sep 04, 2007 8:40:33 pm PDT #2608 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Email has no real security. Any electronic communication (email, text messaging, IM, phone calls) should be thought of as sending a postcard routed through whatever law enforcement office you least want to read it. Encryption can provide a modest amount of security, but not that much. I hate it in principle, but fear it less in practice. Anyone who monitors my electronic communications extensively deserves the deep boredom they will subject themselves to.
There are degrees of this of course, I reserve gmail for lists and various types of public communication where I receive huge numbers of emails. But I doubt my paid comcast email has substantially more personal privacy than gmail.
Jessica - Sep 05, 2007 3:33:59 am PDT #2609 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If your webmail has a spam filter, the content is being scanned by a bot before it comes to your inbox. All Google's done is have that same bot also flag adwords.
tommyrot - Sep 05, 2007 4:29:03 am PDT #2610 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Liese S. - Sep 05, 2007 6:54:26 am PDT #2611 of 25496
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
See, see! I told you! The right to avoid aviary abuse is crumbling underneath our feet!
I should become a luddite, huh?
NoiseDesign - Sep 05, 2007 8:11:26 am PDT #2612 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
Finally! Ringtones for the iPhone.
Tom Scola - Sep 05, 2007 8:29:09 am PDT #2613 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
tommyrot, you got your 160GB iPod.
tommyrot - Sep 05, 2007 8:32:52 am PDT #2614 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Woot!
Where are you hearing this? I thought the thing didn't start until 12:00 Pacific time.
Wait, that was 10:00 Pacific, 12 Central, right?
Tom Scola - Sep 05, 2007 8:34:11 am PDT #2615 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
tommyrot - Sep 05, 2007 8:40:51 am PDT #2616 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
More amazing than the 160GB, it has 40 hours battery life for music and 7 hours video.
Are these gonna be in stores today? Is that what "shipping today" means?