[Techtalk] questions re installing gcc-3.4.2

[Cindy Wong]

> >>Everything seems fine to me. btw, you're not
> >>worried about your privacy with gmail?
> >
> >
> > For mailing list email?  No.  I'm hardly taking any reasonable
> > precautions for privacy in my personal email account anyway.  The main
> > reason I'm using it is that I'm trying to avoid becoming a software
> > Luddite - you know, the person still using that 20-year-old window
> > manager?
> >
> 
> What concerns me about gmail is that they keep it and
> search it - it would be availble for the govt to access.
> It is nobody's business.

Back when people made such a big buzz on Gmail's privacy statement, I
thought (and I still think) all webmail were doing the same thing.  If
all your mail are stored on their servers (that's necessary for you to
access the mail anywhere), searching must be performed on their
server.

Besides, I wouldn't be surprised if an ISP or company has multiple
copies of every email sent and received in the past year, and with
various degree of willingness, will forward to government when asked.

Cindy