, 2004-07-29
As if the common use of "web bugs" inside spam was not enough, companies are using new techniques to watch and track the private emails you read, forward, print, and more.
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Email Privacy is Lost
2004-07-30
Matthew Murphy (1 replies)
Matthew Murphy (1 replies)
Email Privacy is Lost
2005-12-14
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
Case scenario for the group...
The holiday season just passed so hopefully some of you can relate:
I go on Amazon.com, purchase a gift and send it via UPS to my friend across the country. According to UPS the gift SHOULD arrive 2 days later. But no one signs for it. No one tracks it. I really have no idea if the gift arrived or not.
Should I be upset that I have NO IDEA what happened to my gift...
or just accept it that if I tracked it and /or if my friend signed for it, it would ACTUALLY be a violation of some Privacy laws according to the argument posed by the author of this article?
I think your real story should be about ABUSERS of html email (like SPAMMERS, etc.) , not html email and their tracking capabilities.
I'm a business man. My goal is to sell you something. I want to know if you received the package of information I sent you.
Do I call you? (oh wait! that may be a violation of privacy laws because it MIGHT be an unsolicited call because)
Do I track you via UPS, FedEx, or the Internet? (Oh crap! That may be a violation of the privacy laws too!)
So, I'm asking the group here...how do I know if someone received something without it being a true "violation" of their privacy?
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