----- Forwarded message from LinuxLingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: LinuxLingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 18:12:15 +0530 To: Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ilugd]: Re: : Organization of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1]
> > Huh? If one wants a particular CD what better way to search for resources > rather than > keep posting to the mailing list about "I want a xyz CD" everytime ... > > If you dont want to volunteer to write or lend CDs ate any time, you can > always go and disable your > offering from your member info... > > LL, what is your apprehension here about privacy here? > > - Sandip good question sandip. my answer's in a simple rhetorical question: how do you know who, where, is using this 'database' of addresses and contacts how? often i see a few people inadvertently posting their name, full physical address, heck, even mobile numbers on a public mailing list such as ilug-d. few realize the list is also publicly archived on our website. i know we are not yet sensitized to the issue of privacy. but i feel quite soon privacy will become an overwhelming issue. especially in india where no comprehensive laws and rules exist for safeguarding an individual's privacy. thus, the apprehension. so a proposed solution: perhaps a public meeting place, per area, would be more appropriate. this could be like a school, a college dept., an office reception area, an ngo or social organization's office, or for others, even commercial meeting areas such as a coffee shop or a cafe, or a cybercafe, or a shopping mall. prudence+privacy=peace of mind :-) LL ps: noted you posted this to me privately, and not on the ilug mailing list. so am responding to your email id. if you feel you need to post this to the mailing list, you may do so. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- -------------------------------------------------------- Sandip Bhattacharya sandipb <@> bigfoot.com http://www.sandipb.net GPG/PGP: 0x08EB637C -------------------------------------------------------- ================================================ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org
