Re: [ga] Stupidity not far off topic

["Tom Evans" <fromtomevans@xxxxxxxxx>]

First PC repairs "folks" then as most of you already know,  Google.
Which/who sees/knows more about your machine than the entire PC Repair
industry put together.
Doesn't the very nature of memory imply transparency and accessibility?
Anyone naive enough to entertain that information is private deserves to
have theirs dragged into a public square near you for ridicule.
DNS records aren't exempt. The Turks are no different than the
screwcrew at Google,
or the repair guys in Austin. I use gmail with vigor, and caution.

http://news.cnet.com/Privacy-issues-with-Google-library-search/2100-1032_3-5752085.html
--from this article--
Privacy Issues with Google library search
The privacy policy on Google's Web site says: "If you have an account,
we may share the information submitted under your account among all of
our services in order to provide you with a seamless experience and to
improve the quality of our services."
-eosnip-

luck
T


On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 3:24 AM, Jeffrey A. Williams
<jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tom and all,
>
>  Well this is both a good idea and a bad one.  What is and has
> been happening in my home state, and elsewhere, is that PC repair
> folks are snooping folks PC's when they are taken in for repair and than
> playing "Sam Spade" as though they were qualified as trained
> forensic experts, which most are not causing many false investigations
> by Texas LEA's that take up valuable time and resources of police
> departments.  Ergo why this bill was floated and passed.
>
>  The bad side is that this legislation doesn't really address the
> problem adequately as it was poorly drafted and is far to subjective.
> Hence why it is being challenged in court.  My guess is that it will
> be thrown out as unconstitutional under the Texas State constitution.
> Texas small business is very much against this legislation.
>
>  As for sysadmins perhaps being next in Texas, I am not sure it
> will be coming all that soon, but something needs to be done regarding
> sysadmins as many that are hired, like ICANN's, are so ill trained
> on not trained at all, that they pose a significant danger.  As a long
> ago sysadmin myself, I can attest to working with new hires as sysadmins
> that were totally untrained, but were hired cheep.
>
> Tom Evans wrote:
>
>> New Texas Law Limits Computer Repair To Licensed Private Investigators
>> Institute for Justice Texas Chapter Opens in Austin with Challenge to Statute
>>
>> (snip from article...sysadmins next?)
>> Under the new law enacted in 2007, Texas has put computer repair shops
>> on notice that they had better watch their backs any time they work on
>> a computer.  If a computer repair technician without a
>> government-issued private investigator's license takes any actions
>> that the government deems to be an "investigation," they may be
>> subject to criminal penalties of up to one year in jail and a $4,000
>> fine, as well as civil penalties of up to $10,000.
>>
>> http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/tx_computer_repair/6_26_08pr.html