2009/11/26 Matt Wheeler <m...@funkyhat.org>: > On Thursday, November 26, 2009, Philip Stubbs <phi...@stuphi.co.uk> wrote: >> I hope you are wearing your foil hat right now.... > > While I do use gmail, I think it's important to consider carefully how > much you trust them to keep your data secure. Have you read the gmail > privacy policy? It basically says "we will not put up much of a fuss > if someone asks for your data". > Added to the fact that you are allowing them to store your data in the > US, where data protection laws are not as broad as the UK's. > > Before you lump in the google-wary with the tin foil hat wearers, > consider that a government would have a much easier time simply asking > google for your thoughts than attempting to steal them through radio > waves ;)
Easier still, they could just ask me! Of course you are right. You need to trust those people who hold your data. However, I am still of the opinion that any email is like an open postcard. If anybody is going to trust their deepest darkest secrets to an open postcard, then they are a fool. The same with email, even if it is hosted privately. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
