while this may sound silly to some here, i worry some day that we will move to a more totalitarian form of government and that those of us who have expressed unpopular views will become domestic insurgents and be subject to the night and fog treatment. americans today are all too happy to give up their liberties to the government and it's not like this sort of thing hasn't happened before.
On 7/2/07, John M McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The project I am working on (1200 days so far) uses it for group > planning/scheduling. > it works quite well since we have team members in North America and > Europe that update it plus hack at > during weekly planning sessions. > > If you send emails unencrypted I'd say the US government reads all > of them anyway, apparently the Europeans too. > Also unless you encrypt your hard disk with PGP, and if the law > enforcement folks seize your computer everything is readable in any > case. > Privacy,... no... > > In any case I can't recall hearing about someone casually being able > to read other people's google based documents. Which is > more the issue. However one link says: > > "Google Docs & Spreadsheets does not default to an encrypted HTTPS > connection beyond the login screen, > though text documents and spreadsheets can be optionally accessed > through HTTPS." > > In checking that I could change (by hand) > > http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= {no encryption} > > to > > https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= {encryption} > > and continue working with an encrypted SSL link, which I'm sure our > governments can read, but not my neighbour. > > > Other questions not asked is will the data disappear? Likely it's > safer than an average home user's storage environment which consists of > a sole copy on a sole hard disk waiting for fire/water/theft/Trojans/ > disaster and 12 year olds sending it off to never never land. > > > On Jul 2, 2007, at 9:36 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: > > > what you guys think of the google word processor/spreadsheet? i > > mean, > > google already knows all there is to know about me from my emails, > > so i > > don't see any privacy risk here > > > > John > 1983 300TDt 380k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) > 1990's 300TDt 197k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) > 1993 500SEL 183k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
