[_] would any of you ever do this?
Christian Wach
needle at haystack.co.uk
Tue Aug 1 12:06:35 BST 2006
On 1 Aug 2006, at 11:37, mac jordan wrote:
> now, I know that web logs catch this information - and indeed, we
> capture it ourselves, and analyse it. But I would never *ever* dream
> of phoning someone who had appeared in my web logs - I think that's a
> real invasion of privacy.
I'd never do that either, but I think "invasion of privacy" may not be
the best term to describe it. Echelon - now *that* is an invasion of
privacy. "Waste of time" might be a better description. After all, they
didn't access any private data of yours - you knew your IP would be
logged and your domain details are openly available. Having said that,
I'd feel pissed off too - can't stand unsolicited calls, whatever the
guise.
> am I alone?
Aren't we all?
;)
> now, I know that web logs catch this information - and indeed, we
> capture it ourselves, and analyse it. But I would never *ever* dream
> of phoning someone who had appeared in my web logs - I think that's a
> real invasion of privacy.
I'd never do that either, but I think "invasion of privacy" may not be
the best term to describe it. Echelon - now *that* is an invasion of
privacy. "Waste of time" might be a better description. After all, they
didn't access any private data of yours - you knew your IP would be
logged and your domain details are openly available. Having said that,
I'd feel pissed off too - can't stand unsolicited calls, whatever the
guise.
> am I alone?
Aren't we all?
;)