| GMail privacy redux
thought of something that brings back the privacy question |
Clark
msg:1553348 | 11:38 pm on Jul 14, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Many people here on WW reported that as soon as you visit a page w/ the google toolbar, that page gets spidered. While it's understandable from Google's point of view, personally I think it's a privacy concern, because some pages are not meant to be seen and it's perhaps a bit too aggressive. But what about gmail? What if you took private pictures and stuck them somewhere on your server and emailed it to a friend? Will google cache the data they spidered from our gmail and then go after url's it found that were privately sent to a friend? (I doubt they would do this, but I don't remember anyone mentioning it w/ all the hoopla surrounding privacy concerns, so I thought I'd bring it up.) Has anyone tested if this happens?
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