You want me to list every single reason? Follow the link and then follow the links they list etc Just about everyone who has THOUGHT ABOUT IT thinks this is an extremely dangerous direction to go in Are you OK with a private company opening and photocopying every letter you get? Recording every phone conversation? Following you around all day making notes of where you go and who you see? Then storing these records forever? Analyzing these records forever. To be sold to the highest bidders And YES I will not respond to emails direct from a gmail account Or use google anymore -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Ben Hencke Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 4:51 AM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [OT] Anyone want a GMail account? While this is getting OT for this thread, I feel compelled to ask why you send that tagline? Do you not want to talk to people on gmail because it saves the email? On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 02:59:06 +0100, p.cousens wrote: > > This is for your copy-and-paste convenience: > Dear Gmail user: Due to privacy considerations, we cannot respond > unless you resend your email from a different account. For more > information, please visit www.gmail-is-too-creepy.com > > PC -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads