From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mozart.is.nottingham.ac.uk ([128.243.40.93]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DNrRV-00039V-00 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:03:01 -0400 Received: from zcd-149-109.sns.nottingham.ac.uk ([10.3.149.109] helo=mike) by mozart.is.nottingham.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #2) id 1DNrRH-0004dt-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:02:47 +0100 References: <42587663.5030705@freedombox.cc> <20050410043628.GA13727@blackbox> Message-ID: X-Mailer: http://www.courier-mta.org/cone/ From: Michael Whapples To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:02:45 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact staff-it-helpline@nottingham.ac.uk for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: mikster4@msn.com Subject: Re: FreedomBox X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:03:01 -0000 In no way was I trying to say that mis-use of information actually goes on. By saying that there is no privacy policy, I don't know how that information will be used. They may have a peice of paper somewhere says that they can use submitted information for sending adverts to you, sell activity patterns for marketing, etc, and it would not be mis-use because they have a policy that says that, but I have not seen it. If that is not their policy then why can't I see it before I give my information, then I know my information is private, and should anything bad happen I have something that gives me rights. Would you give your name, address, phone number, e-mail, etc to the next stranger you meet? If you answer no, then you should understand my reason to not want to give information to a company that does not have a privacy policy that I can view. Mike Chris Gray writes: > It's a huge leap from missing a privacy policy on a website to > gathering or misusing > information. To imply that one suggests the other is, at best, a cheap > shot. > > The fact of the matter is that some of the things the Freedombox web > browser does are very useful, innovative and unique. The Freedombox > approach addresses a market segment extremely well. The access to > Windows introduced by Freedombox is another significant contribution to > the technological landscape for blind and visually impaired people > today. I'm glad some people are out there making such contributions > and trying to make a real difference in technology. > > Chris