 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / December 2006ALERT - Google is tracking our posting activity, both here and other venues.
Google, which I use daily for searches, has a Beta Usenet type site in which our posts here are compiled with our posts to other Usenet sites. So one can rather quickly see what someone is about, just by looking at his or her Google assembled Usenet posting summary. Posting to a Usenet site isn't a private activity but it's chilling to see how single pieces of public activity become a profile when they are so assembled - like having a snooping neighbor or coworker follow one's activities. However, in this instance, it's not just one snoop who follows one's activities but potentially anyone who uses the Internet! See for yourselves. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.auto.mercedes/about What do YOU think? Tom > Google, which I use daily for searches, has a Beta Usenet type site in > which our posts here are compiled with our posts to other Usenet sites. > So one can rather quickly see what someone is about, just by looking at > his or her Google assembled Usenet posting summary. That's just the old profile page, isn't it? > Posting to a Usenet site isn't a private activity but it's chilling to > see how single pieces of public activity become a profile when they are [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > What do YOU think? Why do you think I switched to using an alias years ago? I've been on the 'net too long, there's too much info on me already... Ximinez  SignatureOur three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/t1.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldlyTjXk9A >What do YOU think? It's not accurate and they've been doing this for years. SignatureNeed Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net Wow! I can find postings of mine back to 1987. The Net has a long memory. >Wow! I can find postings of mine back to 1987. The Net has a long memory. Translation: "Mum, all those postings about drugs by a guy with the same name as me was somebody else". SignatureNeed Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net > Translation: "Mum, all those postings about drugs by a guy with the > same name as me was somebody else". Won't work for me. As far as I can tell, I am the only human being with my name on the planet. It does make it tough to hide. > Google, which I use daily for searches, has a Beta Usenet type site in > which our posts here are compiled with our posts to other Usenet sites. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Tom Many millenia in the future, historians will point to the "McBrue" posts as the harbinger of the eventual monopoly of all auto production by the Toyota Corporation. . |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.