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What MSN, Google, Yahoo and AOL Know About You
hotgist writes "America's top four Internet companies, Google, Yahoo,
AOL and Microsoft's MSN, promise they will protect the personal information of
people who use their online services to search, shop and socialize. But a close
read of their privacy policies reveals as much exposure as protection. The
massive amounts of data these companies collect, which can include records of
the searches you make, the health problems you research and the investments you
monitor, can be requested by government investigators and subpoenaed by your
legal adversaries. But this same information is generally not available to you."
Ok, if I can't find out what records they are keeping about me, but legal adversaries can, someone please sue me and then subpeona them for me.
Try downloading some music - I hear that works pretty good.
Running Windows^H^H^H^H^H^H^H OSX and Linux in the home. (I don't have time for Solitaire any more.)
I like the open/close quotes disparity ``" :-)
Yeah, we need to get a subpoena ring together. I'll subpoena your records, you subpoena mine...
There needs to be a code of honor though, else I'm in for some trouble.
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If my legal adversaries want to find out that I searched converting 3.5 tablespoons to teaspoons while cooking on Saturday, good for them.
Except when they list also includes "fertilizer" or "ammonia" and some guys end up locking you up and throwing away the room.
You can find out more about me by rummaging through my trash can - quite legal too. Just make sure you get it off my lawn first, or say hello to my boomstick.
I hope, when they die, cartoon characters have to answer for their sins.
3.5 tablespoons of crack? I guess "teaspoon" is slang for syringe?
I wonder what kind of searches you want to keep private!
Slashdot social media options: AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, Jabber and Mobile Text. Why no MySpace?
yawn...nothing you do online is private. The real problem here is that people *think* they cannot be seen.
Ceiling google is watching you masturbate?
What we really need to focus on is how much information Jesus has about us. How does he get this information, and what exactly does he plan on doing with it?!?!?
I hoped they purged my request to find "the clitoris" on google maps
The original generic sig.
There are precedents for suing yourself, so the door is open a crack. Actually, no matter what the TFA implies, I imagine that search history wouldn't be the most interesting piece of information you could find about yourself, if you arm yourself with a good subpoena against yourself.
I can assure you, the best way to get rid of dragons is to have one of your own.
It's a bit muggery out there today folks, with a thirteen percent chance of homicide over on 5th. So remember to don those kevlars. Back to you, Tom.
They're there affecting their effect.
I was in the process of refinishing my basement. It had existing cinder-block walls that I chose to leave partially bare along with conventional sheetrock walls which I added. So, not being clear if the same Latex based interior paint would adhere equally well to both types of walls, I googled for "Latex Bondage"
I got a lot of unrelated hits......
A goal is a dream with a deadline
TFA made an interesting point, though...searches are as close to reading our thoughts as is possible.
So mess with their heads. For example, go to MSN's search page and enter: Microsoft Vista class action lawsuit...