[ale] What's so special about gmail invites?

[Pete Hardie]

Geoffrey wrote:
> Pete Hardie wrote:
> 
>> alelist wrote:
>>
>>> Google involves a third party. The advertisers, who may inherit rights
>>> and demands in the contract with GMail.
>>>
>>> Read the links already supplied in these posts..., otherwise most people
>>> would think that you do not care for Federal Law - just like Jet Blue!
>>
>>
>>
>> How is this any different than Google scanning mailing list archives, 
>> and presenting targetted ads to a user browsing the web via Google 
>> searches?
> 
> 
> Because email list archives are public, personal email I send to 
> fool at gmail.com is not. (note I did not say private email..)

Note however, that the recipient of the email is allowed to do pretty much 
anything they desire with it, short of libel/slander.

> 
>> The ads are still presented to the individual using Google, the topics 
>> are still public on mailing lists, etc?
>>
>> Now, I tend to agree somewhat that it seems a bit naive to use gmail 
>> for personal email, if only because it means that someone may at some 
>> point get 1TB of your personal stuff in the Google Chapter 11 
>> firesale, but you already send email to people who may be archiving it 
>> and analyzing it for any purpose.
> 
> 
> Not in the way, capacity gmail will.

Note that I'm basically agreeing with you - personal email is debatable, but 
mail sent to lists, etc is already public, so it's not an issue.

> 
>>
>> I mean, corporations wouldn't do anything *illegal* now, even for 
>> profit, would they?
> 
> 
> Which corporations would you be alluding to?  Certainly not isps??

My bad...missing smiley on my question.

> 
> 


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