Re: Protesting google groups



quasi wrote:
On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 06:21:57 -0500, David C. Ullrich
<ullrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Exactly how does it violate privacy?

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Here are 9 specific concerns which I found on the net:

[9 points from http://www.google-watch.org/ snipped]

9. Google is a privacy time bomb:

Ok, using Google to search usenet posts is not without risks.
So, it might make sense to ask -users- not to post and read via Google.
But i don't see how it then makes sense to object against Google keeping usenet postings. Am i missing something?


(As info to the OP: many usenet articles are posted and read via other software. Mozilla Thunderbird for example. You don't need Google to post to usenet groups.)

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Cheers,
Herman Jurjus

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