Privacy, Really? Do you really have anything to hide? I love my location services.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris H Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 11:51 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: privacy concerns - was - Get an extra 1 GB of Dropbox storage by syncing it to Mailbox | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog Oh gosh! Just turn off location services altogether or specific apps or just do not use those apps at all! On 21/08/2013 19:37, E. Wayne Brumley wrote: > Full disclosure: I have not installed dropbox or mailbox on my phone. > I'm pretty sure you are giving away privacy with this. I'm also pretty > sure you are giving away a lot more privacy every time you go somewhere with > location turned on or you use Facebook or install a new app. I've long been > convinced that using any kind of cloud storage with the computer or mobile > device is a compromise of privacy. The question is, how much privacy am I > willing to trade for cool or convenience. Everything in life has a price > but that doesn't mean we should not be willing to pay that price. Not all > markets are directly run on money. > I think the best we can do to protect privacy these days is to be > extremely boring or go off line. I'm not going off line but it is real easy > for a guy like me to be boring. > > Regards, > Wayne > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Joseph FreeTech > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:51 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Get an extra 1 GB of Dropbox storage by syncing it to Mailbox | > TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog > > Hi guys, > > Aren't we giving away some privacy by installing this app in order to > receive another 1 gig of Dropbox space? In other words, this free space is > probably not so free. Where is our email address going to go? Is it possible > that we will inadvertently give spammers a live email address to be used > some time down the road when we have forgotten that we gave these people our > email address? Please keep in mind that this is a serious question to > ponder. I'm not just trying to stir stuff up, I'm actually concerned when it > comes to my privacy, so I'm hoping for some thoughtful feedback as this > concerns all of us who are cautious as to where our personal information is > going. (Smile). > > Joseph > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
