Comments on: Google: Ad me! http://illusoryfollies.com/google-ad-me/ Code, Technology, and Ramblings Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:20:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jamie http://illusoryfollies.com/google-ad-me/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Jamie Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:53:59 +0000 http://illusoryfollies.com/2007/12/06/google-ad-me/#comment-926 I'm with you on letting Google take care of my email. If the feds really want it, they will get in no matter where I have it and no matter how it is stored. So there is no point in being paranoid about it. I’m with you on letting Google take care of my email. If the feds really want it, they will get in no matter where I have it and no matter how it is stored.
So there is no point in being paranoid about it.

]]> By: pedro mg http://illusoryfollies.com/google-ad-me/comment-page-1/#comment-919 pedro mg Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:05:01 +0000 http://illusoryfollies.com/2007/12/06/google-ad-me/#comment-919 Andrew, yep, the patch was commited ;) as i commented. As i inserted in the brief comments at the beggining of the code: use; refactor; share. That code security part brings to mind the HP keyboard driver that was making a "phone home" web call. A user discovered it, traced the ping and called HP. No one apparently knew about it, so they went to the driver programmer. He said something like wanting to know what special keys people were using the most... :O long live fs/oss !! Andrew,

yep, the patch was commited ;) as i commented.
As i inserted in the brief comments at the beggining of the code: use; refactor; share.

That code security part brings to mind the HP keyboard driver that was making a “phone home” web call. A user discovered it, traced the ping and called HP. No one apparently knew about it, so they went to the driver programmer. He said something like wanting to know what special keys people were using the most… :O

long live fs/oss !!

]]> By: Vater http://illusoryfollies.com/google-ad-me/comment-page-1/#comment-918 Vater Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:42:40 +0000 http://illusoryfollies.com/2007/12/06/google-ad-me/#comment-918 Andrew; 1. Have you checked into the relationship between Google and the Bilderbacks or the Committee on Foreign Relations? The Club of Rome? You never know why they may want info on you. 2. We always had our kids run around the streets with bags over their heads. That way, if they were photographed by some strange dude, they couldn't be used for child porn. Andrew;
1. Have you checked into the relationship between Google and the Bilderbacks or the Committee on Foreign Relations? The Club of Rome? You never know why they may want info on you.
2. We always had our kids run around the streets with bags over their heads. That way, if they were photographed by some strange dude, they couldn’t be used for child porn.

]]> By: Andrew Flanagan http://illusoryfollies.com/google-ad-me/comment-page-1/#comment-916 Andrew Flanagan Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:57:29 +0000 http://illusoryfollies.com/2007/12/06/google-ad-me/#comment-916 Pedro mg -- I probably should have mentioned your script. Yes -- the script worked well and I appreciate the effort you put into it. I did make a few minor changes (like passing in the subject instead of the message number). There were a few "append" errors but I simply reran the import for the error'ed messages and it worked great. I really do enjoy FOSS for the security you mention. I don't really mind having to pay for a program or utility but I do hate that it could actually be stealing information from me. My thanks again to you! Yet another advantage is that you can get updates from the users of your script (I don't if the timestamp thing I mentioned was a helpful fix for you, but hopefully so). Pedro mg — I probably should have mentioned your script. Yes — the script worked well and I appreciate the effort you put into it. I did make a few minor changes (like passing in the subject instead of the message number). There were a few “append” errors but I simply reran the import for the error’ed messages and it worked great.

I really do enjoy FOSS for the security you mention. I don’t really mind having to pay for a program or utility but I do hate that it could actually be stealing information from me. My thanks again to you!

Yet another advantage is that you can get updates from the users of your script (I don’t if the timestamp thing I mentioned was a helpful fix for you, but hopefully so).

]]> By: pedro mg http://illusoryfollies.com/google-ad-me/comment-page-1/#comment-915 pedro mg Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:13:24 +0000 http://illusoryfollies.com/2007/12/06/google-ad-me/#comment-915 Hi Andrew, did the email move run well ? Did you use the script ? May I point one advantage free open source software brings into this discussion ? By using an open source script to, say, upload thousands of emails, one can check and analyze the source code for "phone home" features. With proprietary closed source software, its much more difficult to assert that. In short, FOSS can in fact provide extra safety (of course if one knows how to read code). I agree, Security is a complex "system of equations", lots of variables... Hi Andrew,

did the email move run well ? Did you use the script ?

May I point one advantage free open source software brings into this discussion ? By using an open source script to, say, upload thousands of emails, one can check and analyze the source code for “phone home” features. With proprietary closed source software, its much more difficult to assert that. In short, FOSS can in fact provide extra safety (of course if one knows how to read code).

I agree, Security is a complex “system of equations”, lots of variables…

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