What he said.
Bad Corporation!
chaoticset on 2004-02-09T17:27:21
What they
said, too.
Consider the source
babbage on 2004-02-09T17:50:59
Note that the source of this paranoia is Andrew Orlowski, who isn't exactly unbiased in his coverage of all things Google. He's been writing paranoid rants about the company for a year or two now, and adding Orkut to the mix is just an extension of that ongoing tirade.
Not that this particular point is invalid, mind you -- these Friendster clone sites are gathering a lot of demographic data for as yet unclear purposes -- but it isn't necessarily anything to get paranoid about.
The Register is a fun rag and all, but reporters like Mr Orlowski are so far off the deep end that they make sites like, say, Slashdot look like paragons of journalistic integrity :-) :-) :-)]
There is no free lunch
Purdy on 2004-02-09T18:24:49
I'm glad someone dug through the Privacy Policy (these legal documents these days are quite windy and daunting, especially if you just have a small textarea to read 'em in), but this type of stuff doesn't surprise me.
Orkut is not a non-profit or a FSF project
... it plans to make $. So it's gonna use its assets (your personal information) to make its money, one way or another.
If you don't like it, don't sign up -- which is what your post says, really. Again, I commend someone finding the flaws, exposing them and making the right and personal decision.
But I cannot condemn Orkut from trying to make money, especially when they do spell it out in their policy
.. which is much better than a bait-n-switch scheme.
Peace,
Jason
test
pudge on 2004-02-13T00:02:57
you can only see things for the first time once
