If a number of us feel Google has gone too far, maybe it would help if we all contacted them as individuals and requested they remove certain things we find to be an intrusion of privacy. Sharon ************************* Just did a google search on myself. I don't like this. I can accept a seach within the realm of Rootsweb. I find seaches via Google to be rather invasive upon my privacy. As it is, I have discontinued a practice of providing my last name and surnames I am researching. Heaven help anyone who uses their full name as their screenname. vas575 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

On 25 Jun 2002 18:00:11 -0600, jdiluvio@socket.net (John & Sharon DiLuvio) wrote: > > >If a number of us feel Google has gone too far, maybe it would help if >we all contacted them as individuals and requested they remove certain >things we find to be an intrusion of privacy. > >Sharon > >************************* >Just did a google search on myself. I don't like this. > >I can accept a seach within the realm of Rootsweb. I find seaches via >Google >to be rather invasive upon my privacy. As it is, I have discontinued a >practice of providing my last name and surnames I am researching. >Heaven >help anyone who uses their full name as their screenname. > >vas575 Rootsweb is the real culprit here for a. not making it clear that this is not mailing list in the traditional sense but rather they are simply providing acess to a newgroup, soc.genealogy.italian. b. not making it crystal clear that all posts to newsgroups were traditionaly archived for acess by anyone for many years by Deja News and that that task has now been taken over by google. They, Rootsweb chose to make it appear that this is a "list" that they provide, it's not. Finally c. Rootsweb neglected to pass on some of the oldest and best advice on using the internet. If your becoming involved in any way with any of the thousands of newsgroups always doctor your email address so it can't be harvested by junk emailers; then never, ever use your real name. Frank F.