[tde-users] Re: Please shuffle off with the off topic topics

Okay, since this whole thing just keeps spinning out-of-control ... I do apologize for my rant, but I'll say that I was tired, and ought to have just gone to bed. Actually, I don't know where we first went off the rails, but it was many emails ago, and other people have certainly been party to it. My intended point was simply that a lot of people talk about these things like they are mere theories; like it's a good idea or bad. For them, it's inconvenient or upsetting, if somebody gets their data and they find advertisements directed at them, or they find that some algorithm has got them tagged as "that sort of person" who might do this or buy that. For me, it's real life. Bad data gets me into situations. When somebody is pointing a gun at you, and it seems the result of bad information, then maybe you will think differently about these things. Using encryption where possible is still a good idea, I believe. It might reduce our chances of getting tagged by the algorithms. Oh, and by the way, a forum or IRC group (in parallel with the mailing list) might avoid these kinds of things. Bill