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Re: E-mail Privacy
From: Glenn Leavell <glenn () USG EDU>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 16:12:31 -0400
On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 12:22:08PM -0700, Javier Torner wrote: # Hello everyone, # # I received the following message about a new product called Rampell # Software. # # The site www.didtheyreadit.com is legitimate and it claims to do # what the message indicates. # # I looked for the reference to the State of Texas report but I could not # find it. # # Has anyone seen this before? Comments? Is anyone blocking this site? Many e-mail clients have a setting to disallow the viewing/loading of remote images, which should neutralize the didtheyreadit service. For example, I know that Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, and Squirrelmail all have this option. Below are several items taken from the didtheyreadit.com FAQ, along with my comments: Q. How does DidTheyReadIt differ from the Read Receipts I use in Outlook? A. DidTheyReadIt is much more powerful from standard "return receipts." It differs from standard read-receipts because it works regardless of the e-mail program being used by the recipient. [ This is simply untrue. For example, it didn't work with my e-mail client because I have it configured to disallow off-site HTML processing. ] Q. Will my recipient know that I am tagging my e-mail? A. No. Not unless you want them to know. [ This is also untrue. A savvy recipient can easily tell that they're being bugged. ] Q. Does DidTheyReadIt contain any spyware? A. No. We respect the privacy of our users. For more information, please see our privacy policy. [ Ha! No, DidTheyReadIt doesn't *contain* any spyware, it simply *is* spyware. Talk about your Orwellian speech! ] Glenn -- Glenn Leavell <glenn () usg edu> Director, Systems Support Services Office of Information and Instructional Technology Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
Current thread:
- E-mail Privacy Javier Torner (May 25)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: E-mail Privacy Herrera Reyna Omar (May 25)
- Re: E-mail Privacy H. Morrow Long (May 25)
- Re: E-mail Privacy H. Morrow Long (May 25)
- Re: E-mail Privacy Glenn Leavell (May 25)
- Re: E-mail Privacy Brian Eckman (May 25)
- Re: E-mail Privacy Gary Flynn (May 25)
- Re: E-mail Privacy Glenn Leavell (May 25)
- Re: E-mail Privacy Brian Eckman (May 25)
- Re: E-mail Privacy Dan Oachs (May 25)