Privacy Complaint Against Google's GMail Service 447
CRCates writes "Privacy groups in the UK have filed a complaint against Google over its new Gmail service. Privacy groups said they were concerned about Google's ability to link a user's personal details, supplied in the Gmail registration process, to Web-surfing behaviour through the use of a single cookie for its search and mail services. "
Eternal cookie (Score:5, Funny)
Two Cookies Would Fix it (Score:4, Funny)
Re:How can they do this? (Score:3, Funny)
Or more like they signed an agreement that made sure they agreed to complete and total lack of anonymity and privacy.
1Gb of mail (Score:1, Funny)
I wish to register a complaint (Score:5, Funny)
I wish to complain about the post I am going to make half an hour from now. It is inflammatory and totally uncalled for.
Re:So? (Score:3, Funny)
spy mac?
Re:Gmail - Opt-In (Score:2, Funny)
moreover... (Score:2, Funny)
I've petitioned the town council to have her windows boarded up.
Re:Not that simple (Score:5, Funny)
Cool. Looks like the rest of us won't have to compete with all the Europeans for cool gmail addresses.
Another option is that gmail just won't be available in Europe.
We have a winner (Score:3, Funny)
You just won silliest analogy on Slashdot for the day.
A coupon for a free "dinner for one" at the Country Kitchen Buffet is headed you way, and will arrive in a year or two.
They're all watching me (Score:4, Funny)
I'm sure the first thing the hotmail staff do when they get into work on a morning is read all my mail to find out what a fascinating life I lead.
As soon as Bill Gates and his henchmen manage to reconcile the facts that I am a 104 year old man from Zimbabwe, lots of hot teens want to meet me and I have a massive interest in cable descramblers then I am sure they have some evil plan to oppress me.
Re:They're all watching me (Score:4, Funny)
Talk about biting the hand that feeds... (Score:1, Funny)
Problem solved.
Read the WHOLE article (Score:2, Funny)
While I optimistically doubt Google will ever do anything heinous by linking my searches for "home construction photos" and "windows 2000 webdav locks up" to my email account, I recognize that some people don't want their searches for "cat snuff films" and "dog attacks cat" linked to their email, catlover@mail.com.
Re:At least SOMEONE is concerned about this (Score:5, Funny)
We are all free thinkers...