[yshavurah] Re: Concern about Privacy
- From: "Daniel Katz-Stein" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'Havurah'" <yshavurah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 17:39:29 -0500
Archiving our postings is a 'feature' of the listserv and is in website
format. I looked and do not see how to turn that off, but if that is
desired, I can ask.
But anytime you post something in to a listserv, you have lost privacy
of where it will be sent....
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: yshavurah-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:yshavurah-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linda Byard
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 10:41 AM
To: Yellow Springs Havurah
Subject: [yshavurah] Re: Concern about Privacy
Hi back to Cheryl and all,
Cory and I have been out of town but we have been trying to keep up with
at least reading e-mail. Now I'm writing some as well. I was surprised
that no one responded to Cheryl's note about being "Googled."
Recently, I have been involved with a search for my high school
classmates and have used Google and other sources on the internet as a
tool. The phrase, "you can run, but you can't hide" really says it all.
Not only have I found a huge number of classmates but I have also turned
up some surprising and potentially embarrassing material.
I was not aware that our list-serve was so easily accessed by a search
engine. I would never have listed members had I known that the
information would be posted for all of the world to see. Even now I
feel constrained by what I am writing; I do not feel easy telling the
world when we come and go, but there are times I would like to be able
to tell our membership about our plans if they affect our ability to
participate or not in a YSHavurah activity.
I do not have a whole lot of expertise on list-serves but I would like
for our group to use one which is not accessible to anyone but the
subscribers. Is this possible? Dan, can you give us your "take" on
this?
Linda
-----Original Message-----
From: yshavurah-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:yshavurah-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Clevineys@xxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:08 AM
To: yshavurah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [yshavurah] Concern about Privacy
Hello All,
I had a disturbing internet experience this weekend. Several
friends were talking about getting "Googled", which essentially means
looking up yourself or someone else using the Google search engine.
When I "googled" myself for fun, I was shocked to find that in addition
to the expected vita and picture, etc. that is posted through Ohio State
University, there were two Havurah listserv postings as well. Both were
directly off this listserv and were (of course) of a strictly private
nature. Since I assume that some of us would not be comfortable with
our private listserv emails going out to the world, I thought I'd let
you know and see what (if anything) we can do about it--or if anyone
else is concerned.
Thanks,
Cheryl
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