Subj : Re: Your Gmail search res
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Mon Mar 24 2025 07:11:15

-=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Rob Mccart <=-

 AT> It doesn't seem like a big deal if Google saw (for example) a receipt
 AT> for my electric bill, but the problem is that they are collectors of
 AT> information in general, and I'm certain that they use it to do things
 AT> that will irk me one way or another.

 The problem comes when they consolidate your electric bill, that time
 you photographed your driver's license, your location info from using
 Google maps and photos and so on to make a picture that's more than the
 sum of its parts.

 AT> Spam is an issue, but I suspect that Google and the other sleazeballs
 AT> use the spam issue as justification for things like: the power to tell
 AT> small, private email servers "Your email server is not permitted to
 AT> communicate with ours because we don't trust you." (This keeps them
 AT> elevated and it keeps the little guys down.)

 Yes, it's a challenge running your own mail server these days. It used
 to be a fun part of the hobby. I remember back when, some people kept
 open SMTP servers as a net.courtesy - and they weren't abused.





 
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