Gmail/Google Calendar/Personal Info

[POLICESTATE]

POLICESTATE, that has been covered in the tech websites before. Google is parsing your email for sure, but I believe those parsing scripts do not report anything to Google.

Any email administrator can read your email. There is no security unless you are the sole administrator of your own email server.

Email being read is one thing, them using it to market stuff to you I think is a little too much. I need to look into encryption I think, the problem with profiling is with enough data you can kind of make things look like how you want.

[ilbob]

hey you guys heard google is planning on opening up all their google docs that aren't set to private? For some reason I don't trust google with personal info. I fee like they are just going have it out there available for anyone view.

check this out
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-344798.html

Thats not exactly what the article says.

It seems to say they are only going to index documents that are linked to in a public fashion. I don't see how that violates anyone's privacy.

[SwissFluCase]

I understand the benefits of using your own hardware for ultimate control and security, but how is it easier than using something like Google Apps? It has awesome spam filtering, sets up in minutes, and I'm sure their backups are better than any small business.

It's not easier. It is like cooking your own dinner vs. going out. The quality on both ends is variable, but when you do it yourself you can truly have it "your way".

It isn't for everyone, but I don't trust anyone with my data.

Regards,


SwissFluCase