The only thing that would ever convince him not to spam was if the cost of doing it exceeded the benefits. He had no conscience or remorse for the impact it had on the recipients or the service providers inbetween. Having accounts shut down was part of the scheme and didn't penalize him at all.
I think only the shivering Chihuahuas at EPIC.Org would worry about such a non-issue. If it really bothers you to have Google "exploit" your search terms, use Topclick then. Same search engine, but without the ads, cookie or search exploitation.
What's spam got to do with Doubleclick's ad targeting? You think the "horny teens", "find out anything about anyone", "make money fast" spam you get has anything at all to do with cookies or Doubleclick profiling? You need to go back to school, or develop a more critical form of logic.
The closest I know are Electronic Privacy Information Center and Junkbuster. But they don't "track" it if that's what you mean. They weigh in heavily with lobbying pressure and public notice as they did with Amazon. Otherwise, it's individual watchdogs like Gibson Research (Spy Ware stuff), or The Privacy Foundation where Richard Smith is a consultant. He's outed a few privacy holes. Privacy.Net covers stuff like this sometimes. Other groups like Interhack and Peacefire might be on the look out for technical underhandedness, but I don't think anyone is hawking and reporting privacy policy changes. It usually takes notice for the company and then complaints from customers to get noticed. (Did anyone realize Living.Com was trying to do the same thing as Toysmart in its bancruptcy proceedings, but was blocked by Texas courts?)
I think this would be a good idea but don't know if there's anyone with the resources to undertake the task. If you could make a business out of it, like maybe Enonymous' Privacy Ratings site, then that might work. I'd monitor it if there was such a site. Maybe someone would want to run something like FuckedCompany.Com but concentrate on slippery privacy practices.
I've found that PrivacyDigest and WebVeil do a pretty good job of keeping abreast of the news. Privacy Digest is better because it is more comprehensive, but WebVeil is selective, seeming to focus on privacy for consumers specifically rather than everything that is privacy under the sun. Otherwise, I just pay attention to and filter what the paranoids are saying in alt.privacy or check on the privacy issues section of Yahoo and Wired.
General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream. Group Captain Lionel Mandrake: Lord, Jack. Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began? Mandrake: Aye, no, no. I don't Jack. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? Its incredibly obvious isn't it. A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works. Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first...become...well, develop this theory? Ripper: Well, I, uh...I...I...first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love. Mandrake: Hmm. Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue...a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I...I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence. Mandrake: Hmm. Ripper: I can assure you that it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh...women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake. Mandrake: No. Ripper: But I...I do deny them my essence.
All open source applications have to end in 'illa' and being with either 'k' or 'gn'.
How true...and it's a shame that Raquel Welch was never fully credited with her pioneering effort in the open source movement since Barbarella did not accurately predict this naming convention.
Why is intellectual or creative product classified as property? Because it can be. The ability to turn intellectual and creative product into a commodity and exercise control over it is not some universal and inalienable "right". It is something made possible by the natural friction of information exchange and the erecting of social structures that makes the framework of intellectual property possible. Copyright concepts have evolved over the past couple hundred years. They will continue to evolve...and not necessarily in the direction favorable to current creators, producers or "owners" of the works. Whether we like it or not, the friction is being lubed out of existence. Deal with it.
For the life of me, I can't figure out why Hotmail is practically synonymous with Web-based email. First to market? Or first to popularize? While I have personally had no complaints or problems with Hotmail, I'd hardly place it in the upper tier of free Web-based email services. I think uReach and iName are superior if only because they don't divulge the originator's IP address. But Netaddress, Mail.com, Mailcity, OneBox, eMail, ExciteMail, GoMail, just about any portal or community site (Deja, Netscape, AltaVista), and any number of smalltime "boutique" services (like ApexMail, Flashmail or MyPad) will do the trick and often with better service or features. Or is MSN's Passport service really that compelling?
Besides uReach, Yahoo!Mail is the only one I use for "real" mail because I'm hooked by the rest of Yahoo's personalized services, esp. Yahoo!Companion. The rest are just "throwaway's", good for pseudononymous transactions. If you're placing a lot of trust in Hotmail not to lose your data, or keep it secure, or always be available...I think you're being foolish.
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Needless to say, we aren't friends.
Despammed is the best solution I've found. It's filter is better than Brightmail's.
...the brains behind this wizard of an idea. This is almost as clever as PageCreator's TOS. Thanks. I need stories like this to make me feel superior.
LOL. Bonker's gonna have to kick your ass now.
...and in paragraph three, line one: change "villian" to "villain" (or even "villein").
Damn. I've been carrying around this sig forever and I miss the perfect article.
I think only the shivering Chihuahuas at EPIC.Org would worry about such a non-issue. If it really bothers you to have Google "exploit" your search terms, use Topclick then. Same search engine, but without the ads, cookie or search exploitation.
Uh...have you seen nCognito?
What's spam got to do with Doubleclick's ad targeting? You think the "horny teens", "find out anything about anyone", "make money fast" spam you get has anything at all to do with cookies or Doubleclick profiling? You need to go back to school, or develop a more critical form of logic.
Damn...50 years from now and we're still surfing the Web?
I think this would be a good idea but don't know if there's anyone with the resources to undertake the task. If you could make a business out of it, like maybe Enonymous' Privacy Ratings site, then that might work. I'd monitor it if there was such a site. Maybe someone would want to run something like FuckedCompany.Com but concentrate on slippery privacy practices.
I've found that PrivacyDigest and WebVeil do a pretty good job of keeping abreast of the news. Privacy Digest is better because it is more comprehensive, but WebVeil is selective, seeming to focus on privacy for consumers specifically rather than everything that is privacy under the sun. Otherwise, I just pay attention to and filter what the paranoids are saying in alt.privacy or check on the privacy issues section of Yahoo and Wired.
Flamebait? Don't you moderators get it? Oh, damn...now I'm going to get moderated as "redundant".
Quit talking to yourself.
General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.
Group Captain Lionel Mandrake: Lord, Jack.
Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?
Mandrake: Aye, no, no. I don't Jack.
Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? Its incredibly obvious isn't it. A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.
Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first...become...well, develop this theory?
Ripper: Well, I, uh...I...I...first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.
Mandrake: Hmm.
Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue...a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I...I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.
Mandrake: Hmm.
Ripper: I can assure you that it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh...women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake.
Mandrake: No.
Ripper: But I...I do deny them my essence.
How true...and it's a shame that Raquel Welch was never fully credited with her pioneering effort in the open source movement since Barbarella did not accurately predict this naming convention.
Why is intellectual or creative product classified as property? Because it can be. The ability to turn intellectual and creative product into a commodity and exercise control over it is not some universal and inalienable "right". It is something made possible by the natural friction of information exchange and the erecting of social structures that makes the framework of intellectual property possible. Copyright concepts have evolved over the past couple hundred years. They will continue to evolve...and not necessarily in the direction favorable to current creators, producers or "owners" of the works. Whether we like it or not, the friction is being lubed out of existence. Deal with it.
Besides uReach, Yahoo!Mail is the only one I use for "real" mail because I'm hooked by the rest of Yahoo's personalized services, esp. Yahoo!Companion. The rest are just "throwaway's", good for pseudononymous transactions. If you're placing a lot of trust in Hotmail not to lose your data, or keep it secure, or always be available...I think you're being foolish.