[NTLUG:Discuss] Terry wants to talk to you using Google Talk

MadHat Unspecific madhat at unspecific.com
Tue Feb 14 12:21:56 CST 2006


Chris Albertson wrote:
> Yup. It's just another IM. I really don't use it that much. It doesn't 
> really offer that much beyond the major IM players. So, it's just a 
> novelty. The web-based interface with gmail is nice though. Add in the 
> ability to search your email and IM message history from the gmail 
> interface and you're starting to have something here.
> 
> I don't mean to hijack this but... Can someone recommend an open source 
> "google desktop" product that runs cross-platform? I remember hearing 
> the mono folks talking about something, but I can't remember the name. I 
> am one of the 10 people in the world that actually uses google desktop 
> and I really like how it performs. The big brother potential does bother 
> me a bit though.

Do you think having all your IM sessions archived, indexed and 
searchable on Google is a "Good Thing"(TM)?  Now take it one step 
further, to where all your personal files can be searched by you (or 
anyone with your user/pass assuming Google has no bugs or holes to allow 
other to get to them) from anywhere.  Personally I have no problem 
searching the local box and not giving all that data to a third party. 
<sarcasm> It is not like google has ever had any issues with security 
surrounding any of their products. </sarcasm>

No I don't know of any open google desktops.

Google is not perfect.   No one is perfect.

http://secunia.com/advisories/17644/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17725/
http://secunia.com/advisories/13567/
http://secunia.com/advisories/10793/
...

So the question is, how accessible do you want your data?  And is it 
worth having it there when someone else might gain access?

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