[Techtalk] questions re installing gcc-3.4.2

[Jaroslaw Fedevych (UALUG]

On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 12:05:48PM -0400, Cindy Wong wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> 

Heh... If you want privacy, use PGP, run your own server, and pipe 
all mail through SSL. 

Or, change your government if you don't like your present one :)

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