AVR-Chat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Velek" <billvelek@alltel.net>
To: <AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 15:06
Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] What makes 'Gmail' so special?


>
> Dave Hylands wrote:
> > The ads from goole are actually pretty innocuous. They
appear over on
> > the right hand side of your read-message pane. No
graphics, just text.
> >
> > And the part I find really interesting, is that ads are
targeted based
> > on the content of your email.
>
> snip
>
> Hmmmmmm.  I'm not sure how I feel about that ... that
Google is
> apparently analyzing the content of my emails.  Not that I
would ever
> use an email for anything illegal, compromising or
embarrassing.
>
> Bill Velek

Sounds like a justification in and of itself for using
encryption.  Wouldn't have too be too serious, just enough
to screw up the Google scanner.  ROT-13 might even work.

Erikc

"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely  in a
well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally
worn out, shouting "...holy shit...what a ride!"