From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 8 00:29:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABF7016A420 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:29:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-107.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-107.bluehost.com [69.89.22.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7167913C459 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:29:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 28246 invoked by uid 0); 8 Feb 2008 00:29:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by xmail.bluehost.com with SMTP; 8 Feb 2008 00:29:08 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JNH76-0000be-3b for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:29:08 -0700 Received: by demeter.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:29:07 -0700 Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:29:07 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080208002907.GB44114@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <87f7f4170802061326t217ebeaao600f14b9d01412e6@mail.gmail.com> <20080206224832.D69257@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <87f7f4170802070831pf619d60tecd92e9a6411f912@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87f7f4170802070831pf619d60tecd92e9a6411f912@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.9.123.251 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: OT: Whats wrong with gmail? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:29:09 -0000 On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 11:31:26AM -0500, Jeremy Gransden wrote: > On Feb 6, 2008 4:52 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > > you can get billions storing everything and closely working with > > government, and even privates - selling the data raw or processed. > > > > of course not officially, but when talking billions of $ such things, or > > honesty, truth etc. turns to "who cares". > > > > I did not think of the $ aspect. I was thinking more on a functional > level. Data can be a very lucrative business... Maybe thats where > Google makes all of its money. That makes it rather intriguing though. > > With that said, I do not consider any type of email a confidential > communication medium. If someone wants to read your email; I'm sure, > with enough hard work, they will. That's what encryption is for -- privacy. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);