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rickyb writes "After months of rumors and speculation, Google Calendar is now live. It features integration with Gmail, full iCal support, and a bunch of other goodies I'm just starting to discover. The wait is over!"

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  1. Re:Am I the only one scared of this? by caffeination · · Score: 4, Insightful
    That's like being scared that Domino's knows what pizza you like. How do you expect them to know when and what to deliver to you unless you call them and give them the information? It's fairly important for them to pay attention to the terms people use, just as Domino's has to be aware of what pizzas are popular.

    The alternative is that after you type in the terms, they return a page saying "Lalalalala we're not listening! We care about our users' privacy!" Instead, the choice of whether or not to make the information exchange is left to the individual.

  2. Re:Big Brother will know your schedule by caffeination · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Or maybe you're asking not to be a lonely paranoid recluse.

    It's a social calendar: You put some stuff up, make it viewable to your friends, then check their calendar to see when they get out of class so you can call them.

    The internet isn't the place to be plotting your coup d'etat anyway.

  3. Re:Security by Obscurity by Tom · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not really. If it's a good hash, then it's just as if not more secure than a username/password combo. From a security POV, there's no difference between

    http://blabla.com?user=dummy&pass=dumbone

    and

    http://blablab.com?hash=3ebf71dc0135c7927da8fc55a2 fbe782

    So that's not the point. And don't say anything about POST, please, POST is not any more secure than GET, the only people it hides anything from are the dumber half of the AOL users.

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