-=> Quoting Danny Ceppa to Nancy Backus on 01-09-06  14:07 <=-   
      
    NB> notice where google said it found it?  As long as "being findable"   
    NB> doesn't equate to "come and cause trouble", I'd think this is still a   
    NB> safe haven... or am I missing something here still?   
      
    DC> It's a mtter of privacy.   
    DC> That is harder to maintain these days no matter what venue.  :(     
      
   When I first started on bbs's, and in Fidonet, one of the things that   
   was stressed from the outset was that there is no such thing as real   
   privacy in this bbs world.  The sysop, and anyone to whom s/he grants   
   sysop status to, can read even the messages otherwise marked as private   
   only to someone else, for starters...  and anything echoed goes thru all   
   sorts of systems where that is also the case.  Now, in practice, rarely   
   does anyone actually bother to read all those messages, including the   
   private ones (including netmail), especially as it echoes around the   
   world.  But there is still no real privacy guarantee.   
      
   Anything that is so personal/sensitive that it HAS to be kept private   
   needs to be said face to face in person in a very private setting,   
   bottom line.  Even corded phone to corded phone (yeah, I know, how old-   
   fashioned! ) isn't totally secure or private.   
      
   That being said, I agree that the contents of Fido echos shouldn't be   
   broadcast all over the internet, etc... and that they should be kept as   
   much as possible as safe havens.  It just isn't reasonable, though, to   
   expect them to be sacrosanct and inviolable.   
      
   ttyl   neb   
      
   ... It is "USER" friendly.  But my name doesn't happen to be User.   
      
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