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Re: 30 Gmail Invites
From: Daniel Senie <dts () senie com>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:40:04 -0400
At 10:54 PM 9/11/2004, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
In message <g38ybgi5nd.fsf () sa vix com>, Paul Vixie writes: > >i still can't understand why anyone would want a gmail account, free or not. > >not just "anyone on nanog". anyone, anywhere, ever. the reasons "why not" >are compelling enough. but there are no counterbalancing reasons "why to", >either compelling or otherwise. I agree. The privacy implications are *really* scary. (And they're sufficiently worse for non-subscribers that I've contemplated blocking gmail-bound messages from my (personal) systems.)
And here I thought I was the only one to seriously consider blocking gmail (to and from) because of the security implications.
As for the invites, I find it interesting just how many folks have been taken in by their very clever marketing scheme that's gotten lots of smart people to spamvertise gmail (and orkut for that matter). I agree with Paul Vixie in not seeing the attraction at all.
Current thread:
- 30 Gmail Invites Todd Mitchell - lists (Sep 11)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Joe Provo (Sep 11)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites J.D. Falk (Sep 11)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Paul Vixie (Sep 11)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Chris Brenton (Sep 11)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Richard Welty (Sep 11)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Steven M. Bellovin (Sep 11)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Daniel Senie (Sep 11)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Patrick W Gilmore (Sep 11)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Nicholas Suan (Sep 12)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Paul Vixie (Sep 11)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Michael . Dillon (Sep 13)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Petri Helenius (Sep 13)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Curtis Maurand (Sep 13)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Richard Cox (Sep 13)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Etaoin Shrdlu (Sep 12)
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Patrick W Gilmore (Sep 12)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: 30 Gmail Invites Robert Bonomi (Sep 11)