In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas Fernandez [TF] wrote:'
TF> I was replying to Dierk, who is using a "personal" version and TF> made a bigger deal out of it than Sean. Sean didn't complain TF> about targeted ads, either; Dierk did. Dierk gave a good example of how such seemingly innocuous disclosure of your license type could be used against you. That's all. Sean presented his concern for having 'Educational' in the headers. Dierk presented his concern for having even 'Personal' or 'Business' in the headers. I'm no student either and I have my concerns. Surely, you see that this goes beyond simply being a someone who doesn't like being misunderstood into being thought to be a poor student (whether that be qualitatively a valid concern or not). We're trying to reveal the bigger picture here and this I mentioned in my very first comment, i.e., that his concern of being misunderstood and your telling him that there's nothing to be ashamed about, being a student , is besides the point. The point is one of privacy. If you don't breach privacy, then Seans concern will not come up. I had a similar discussion with Marck and Brainstorm. Initially, each HTML published brainstorm document would have at the bottom of it that it was published using BrainStorm. This was hard coded into it, even if you're a registered user. Now you may consider this not to be a problem, a breach of privacy or anything. You may also feel that it wasn't in my place to complain about it, and that I could easily just not use the software. Anyway, I didn't like this and chose not simply not use the software. I felt that, as a registered user, it was my right to disclose this information or not to. Of course, it would help Brainstorm software sales to have it there all the time. I concede that, but I think you know the rest ... They eventually changed this, and now I can put whatever I like there, including their default comment, or nothing at all. Now isn't that a much better arrangement? BTW, have you all tried BrainStorm? It's great software. :) TF> As for the serial numbers, a good case was presented, as the TF> individual sender can be traced. TF> The information "educational" is however much too general You're not looking at it from a point of principle. A principled approach avoids this sort of subjective assessment that's really not valid, since it's just that ... subjective. -- Allie C Martin \ TB! v1.62/Beta7 & WinXP Pro (SP1) List Moderator / PGP Key - http://pub-key.ac-martin.com ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
