Senator seeks to block Gmail<< A plea for travel | Main | Jupiter: 1,000-song pocket about the right size >> Michael Gartenberg | April 22, 2004, 06:33 PM This is ridiculous and another example of the clueless nature of politicians. What on earth are the grounds here? That people aren't smart enough to opt into something? that folks don't know that there might sensitive items in e-mail? My ISP scans all my mail for spam. It's electronic and happens in the background. Gmail works on the same principle and if folks aren't comfortable with that, they don't need to sign up for it. There are a number of issues with Gmail but the market will decide if there's value in the Gmail service. The last thing we need is the Senator from California making these choices for us. My advice, Senator Figueroa is not to sign up for the service, but to let the rest of us make up our minds as to value. As long as Google is upfront in what they're doing and how they are doing it, citizens do not need to be protected from themselves... Sheesh!!!! A California Democrat blasts Google's free e-mail service as an invasion of privacy and "a direct marketing opportunity" for the company. |
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