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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: Lisandro on October 21, 2004, 03:13:23 AM
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Any comments?
What about privacy?
About Google Desktop Search: http://desktop.google.com/about.html
Google Desktop Search Download: http://desktop.google.com/
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I'm not, have used google mail, and still do for it's storage.
I understand google is now offering a network solution add in to servers for search facilities.
I use google mail for my "throw away email" addresses, I prefer not to use it's search engine to index my hard-drive and include it with my web searches to serve me with adverts. I also don't use the "toolbar" for the same reason.
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Technical
I love my gmail but, didn't need something else to drain resources.
I use Turbo Searcher for my harddrive searches and don't need to serch my e-mail or chats.
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I use Turbo Searcher.
Can you post more? Links, experiences, best features, price... Thanks ;)
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G-Mail is the best........... 8) ;)
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I've read on several security (related) websites that is has holes in it and is a security risk.
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I've read on several security (related) websites that is has holes in it and is a security risk.
Thanks Eddy...
Are that sites talking 'seriously' or they're just making advertisement of concurrent programs? ::)
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Those where serious websites about security. Can't remember their names unfortunatly My mind is playing tricks with me again :-( It could be however that Google fixed it. That is info I don't have.
Have a look at the results a google search gives INFO (http://www.google.com/search?q=google+toolbar+security&sourceid=opera&num=25&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8)
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Technical:
HERE (http://www.knownsoft.com/overview.htm) is the information you wanted on Turbo Searcher.
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comment about gmail.. had thought of using it myself, but did some research first and found many pages of info including this:
http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/GmailLetter.htm
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Connie: Thank you for the link. I had heard a segment on NPR (National Public Radio) about gmail, stating what this link confirms. For similar reasons I will pass on Google's hard drive index service also.
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If you use the search function, you'll find many discussions about gmail.
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Here's another in depth article about Google's new Desktop Search feature: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6276929/ I found it quite helpful.
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Excellent article Gene.
Since the Google Desktop Search stores everything on your computer, it's a good backup of your information provided, there aren't any security issues invoved. Just make sure you have lots of storage space.
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My personal opinion is -- don't use the Google desktop search tool. I feel that it has potential to invade your privacy.
Read:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/15/google_desktop_privacy/
and:
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/10/20/spying.with.google.ap/
and:
http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=503a2df4-4f1d-4f2c-a21e-7d0988fa1e27
For now I'll continue to use the built in Find tool (found in the Windows OS).
(I've been using networked computers since the early 1970s... Over the years I've seen way too many "neat little programs" that end up covertly relaying your data to 3rd parties... call me paranoid now.)
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i honestly don't see the problem with Gmail. All e-mail is scanned anyway. If you have something private you don't want scanned, hand write it and hand deliver it ;0)
as for google's desktop search, microsoft have one due out soon
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+fixes+date+for+desktop+search+tool/2100-1024_3-5423080.html
Can't ever remember searching for anything on my computer, I have everything nicely in their folders, so, doubt i would ever use such a feature
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RJ
This isn't about Gmail, it's about the Google Desk Top Search.
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Bob, since people in this thread also mentioned gmail, I decided to reply to both gmail and google desktop which are both being discussed in this thread.
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I have a tendency to save a lot of info on a separate hard drive and many times I can't remember just where some subject or file is. I use these tools to solve this problem. I can't get along without these!
Search Utilities
Ava Find (Shareware) First 30 days has all the Pro features enabled, after that you can still use many of it's features. I found it well worth the cost!
Find any file instantly on your PC
http://www.think-less-do-more.com/avafind/ (http://www.think-less-do-more.com/avafind/)
XFind (Freeware)
Search .txt and HTML files
http://www.xteq.com/products/xfnd/index.html (http://www.xteq.com/products/xfnd/index.html)
InfoRapid Search & Replace (Freeware)
Full text search in Html, Rtf, Pdf, WinWord and Excel files and many other file formats
- Replaces words over many text files in one step
- Saves search results and search parameters in a database
http://www.inforapid.de/html/english.htm (http://www.inforapid.de/html/english.htm)
ISYS Hindsite (Freeware)
Index and search previously visited web pages - without bookmarking them!
You saw something on the web, but you can't remember where, and you didn't make a bookmark. ISYS:hindsite offers Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer users the unique ability to perform full text searches on the contents of previously accessed web pages.
http://www.isysusa.com/products/hindsite/ (http://www.isysusa.com/products/hindsite/)
I'm was thinking about trying out the Google Desktop to see how good it is.
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