[TriLUG] Search Engine question

[David McDowell]

oh come on... their working with Echelon... :P


On 10/16/06, Eric H Christensen <kf4otn at ericsatcom.net> wrote:
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> Ummmm...  I'll have to agree that this is an urban legend.  I think they
> have better things to do than to try to hack into the millions of
> computers that are out there, try to figure out which ones have
> microphones and which ones have web cams, then figure out how to grab
> the data, then figure out which ones they can actually hear something
> useful on, then have someone actually listen to each one to try to hear
> what is going on.  It isn't very feasible or efficient.  No, I don't
> think Google has time for that now that they are sifting through all of
> the videos on You Tube trying to figure out how to sort all that data.
>
> There isn't any problem with being security conscious.  Heck, I'm very
> security conscious.  But you have to get real about what is a threat and
> what isn't.  I'd be worried about more things than that.
>
> Eric
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> WA Brown wrote:
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> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric H Christensen"
> > <kf4otn at ericsatcom.net>
> > To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Search Engine question
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> >> All search engines keep records.  That is how they improve on their
> >> technologies.  If you don't "log in" to Google or use Google services
> >> then they are not able to track your searches to you personally.
> >>
> >> Eric
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> >
> > Let me try to explain what I mean. I am anal about security. Its not
> > that I have anything to hide but my info is nobody else's business. This
> > is why I built my own server,website and forums board. Where I go and
> > what I look at is nobody's business and I am sure there are others that
> > feel as I do. Just recently a news story about google came up in the
> > news and said they are writing programs that will turn on your webcam
> > and microphone remotely so they can " see what products you use and
> > listen to what radio and tv shows you watch". This kinda thing makes my
> > hair stand up! I don't want that to happen to me or any other person. I
> > am just trying to think of an alternative.
> >
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> >
> > WA Brown
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