X-Message-Number: 15535 From: "Marty Kardon" <> References: <> Subject: Everything you say here is open to the whole web Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 18:02:03 -0500 I was just doing a routine search on my name via altavista to see what came up. I was surprised to find that several of my postings to Cryonet are retrieved when my name is searched via altavista. Although I never deluded myself into thinking that I was speaking in confidence on this newsgroup, I never suspected that the archive is open to the web search "spiders" that scan the net and catalog different URLs. I guess I figured that the only people who would be privy to the comments of this forum were those who had an interest of some sort in the subject matter of cryonics. I am surprised and dismayed to find out the the archive is open to the web spiders so that anyone who is curious about me will be directed to email I sent 3 years ago to cryonet that's kept in the kqb archive [nothing personal Kevin, you do a stellar job for little recognition]. We all should keep this in mind, I intend from this point forward to be most circumspect in any postings I make. Given the tenor of some recent postings I don't imagine that everyone will adopt a similar posture but, as they say, different strokes for different folks. Too bad someone can't innoculate the archives from further intrusions. Marty Kardon Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15535