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Re: more news from Google
From: Fred Baker <fred () cisco com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:05:07 -0800
On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:31 AM, Anthony Uk wrote:
The ability to automatically discern users' political positions from their inbox is not one that any email provider reasonably needs.
I'm not Chinese, but putting myself in their position...I would be surprised if they were trying to determine anyone's political positions. Google's observation that the targeted parties were dissidents suggests that they are known to be dissidents without looking at their gmail content. If I were of the specified mindset and were looking at their mail, I think I might be mapping dissident networks to identify potential dissidents I was unaware of and looking to see if they mentioned any specific plans or pointed to specific content.
Current thread:
- Re: more news from Google, (continued)
- Re: more news from Google Anthony Uk (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Joe Abley (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Ronald Cotoni (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Joe Abley (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Ronald Cotoni (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Joe Abley (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Dave Israel (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Anthony Uk (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Joel Jaeggli (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Leo Bicknell (Jan 13)
- RE: more news from Google Nathan Eisenberg (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Fred Baker (Jan 15)
- Re: more news from Google Randy Bush (Jan 15)
- Re: more news from Google Adam Fields (Jan 15)
- Re: more news from Google Steven Bellovin (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Joe Greco (Jan 13)
- Re: more news from Google Gadi Evron (Jan 15)