From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-01-smtplb.tampabay.rr.com ([65.32.5.131] helo=ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DKeEr-0007UL-00 for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 11:20:41 -0400 Received: from manta.diver.dwn (653245hfc121.tampabay.res.rr.com [65.32.45.121]) by ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j3AFKYEg002555 for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 11:20:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from keith by manta.diver.dwn with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DKeFW-0004xA-CE for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 11:21:22 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 11:21:19 -0400 From: Keith Watson To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050410152119.GA18794@smed.yi.org> References: <42587663.5030705@freedombox.cc> <20050410043628.GA13727@blackbox> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: FreedomBox X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Kwatson@smed.yi.org, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:20:42 -0000 Cheryl, OK, so I have never had and never will have a use for anything that company has to offer. The biggest and most compelling reason is because of their marketing tactics. The only way that they could have possibly sent email to a particular email address that I have is that they got it from a PRIVATE, note the caps, beta list that I am on. PRIVATE means private and for them to have gotten my email address they had to be on this list as well. This goes against the rules of the list and is quite rude. I would not expect spam from a PRIVATE beta list and I should never have received any, yet I did. This is only one of the reasons that I will never use them. Oh, and if you don't think that they are tracking your surfing habits, look up the definition of a proxy. As soon as you log onto their service you are logging onto a proxy. This means that they can dictate where you go and also track your movements. Matt may claim that they are not doing any tracking, but from past experience with others in the company I have no doubt that it is being done, whether he knows about it or not. Just my two cents.