SnowyOne
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join:2003-04-05
Kailua, HI
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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| reply to novaflare
Re: Things you don't want Google to find...
said by novaflare  :Again its not googles jobs to protect inept admins and users of such things it is the admins and users jobs to protect their data. -- That's true of the data that Google indexes & serves via it's search engine because it's data that already is/was available for public viewing (that's how Google got it in the first place), but this is a different animal altogether & has nothing to do with Google as we now know it. Despite any waivers in the TOS to the contrary, it will be Googles job to safeguard the servers as well as the data on them.
I'd agree that any admin transferring anything sensitive in this manner would be labelled "inept" |
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OZO
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join:2003-01-17 | reply to antdude
Don't blame the messenger... |
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jbob
Reach Out and Touch Someone
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join:2004-04-26
Little Rock, AR
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| reply to antdude
I'm not sure how anyone else feels but if Google was serving any personal/private data of mine, no matter how they got it, I think I might get me a lawyer and see about getting my personal/private data removed. Just because some inept admin allowed private data to be exposed for Google to cache doesn't make it alright for them to again open it for others to see. Now there might be some disagreements on what constitutes personal or private data however I would think things like salaries would be considered non grata by most. What would happen if Google cached some accidently exposed credit card info? Would they then wipe that data from their database or even be required to? |
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OZO
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join:2003-01-17
| said by jbob :What would happen if Google cached some accidently exposed credit card info? Would they then wipe that data from their database or even be required to? The answer would be simple - change that CC and sue those who have published your personal info.
What was published - remains so...
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Keep it simple, it'll become complex by itself... |
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TerryMiller
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join:2003-10-23
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said by jbob :I'm not sure how anyone else feels but if Google was serving any personal/private data of mine, no matter how they got it, I think I might get me a lawyer and see about getting my personal/private data removed. You'd have to go to the institution that exposed it first or it'd just get rediscovered. Don't forget the remaining search engines as well.
said by jbob : Just because some inept admin allowed private data to be exposed for Google to cache doesn't make it alright for them to again open it for others to see. If you asked them to remove it after the original data was removed and they refused then I'd agree with you.
said by jbob : What would happen if Google cached some accidently exposed credit card info? Would they then wipe that data from their database or even be required to? As stated earlier they didn't expose it. They just made it easier to find. You can build your own web crawler, there are even toolkits to do so. It's just easier and more efficient to use theirs. |
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bcool
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The Ozarks
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said by zetan :Then complain if someone comes along and pops one in. ouch. I didn't see that metaphor coming... 
To those who don't think so:
I think Google Desktop is a good idea. Perhaps its implementation needs a little retooling, I don't know. But it's silly to say that GDS is a bad idea. It can be a very useful tool.
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"in flagrante delicto" |
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Khaine
join:2003-03-03
Australia | reply to antdude
Maybe it is time that we require a licence before you can use a computer
*sigh* |
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