Gmail: In Your Words

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A video compilation of stories from Gmailers about how they are using Gmail in interesting and productive ways.

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[letspaintthetown]

Gmail is the SHIIIZZZZY i dont get spam evar

...i love gmail *snuggles with moniter*

[RizzleQ]

w00t, Gmail owns!

[Johnybadblood]

no



[aJustinBieberSongs]

0:40 Cute little boy.

[MADMANx511]

This isn't what I wanted to watch... I was looking for the LAMB OF GOD song :S

[peppeddu]

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Unfortunately doctors and secretaries are clueless about computers, I've repaired doctor's computers infected by spyware. The secretary thought it was cute to install the latest screensaver and the useful toolbar received in a spam email.

Do I want my medical history, my SSN, phone and address in that PC?

Of course not. Doctors knows human body very well. As for computers, well, that's another story.

[peppeddu]

Well, if you like to share you medical experience to the world, it is after all your choice and your right to do so if you wish.

On the Net there are tons of forums with stories like yours that can help others, kudos to you if you do.

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[mhollisjr]

As for contact informatoon, the only people who see that (or anything else in gmail aside from the account holder) is google, if they get the itch, and happen to choose that account out of millions (billions?)

[mhollisjr]

I think our views on this subject comes from the fact that I don't view my medical history as something I have a need or desire to hide.

To better explain my point, I had a hernia (spelling?) operation when I was a baby, pnemonia / pleuresy a few years ago. And just finished recovering from having my wisdom teeth pulled.

I know most of you don't care and I appologize to the offfended.

The fact remains that I was hundreds of times more revealing than google. And still you know nothing

[peppeddu]

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In fact, is it not acceptable that a doctor keeps is patient's data in the same PC connected to the Internet.

Too often doctors are clueless about Internet security and data are leaked out by the latest spyware.

In some hospitals the Internet network is separate from the internal network (separate PC's) in order to avoid this kind of problems.

[peppeddu]

Perhaps half is just about right.

However, keep in mind that when you go to the doctor you have the choice to fill in your email address. I never do.

But when you do, you are implicitly authorizing the doctor to contact you via email.

I am assuming that the doctor here is keeping his patients name and address in Gmail regardless whether they've authorized him to do so, and that is not acceptable.

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[mhollisjr]

Fair enough. Realistically that isn't related specifically to his occupation however. If that line of reasoning (and I'm not saying you're wrong, however I disagree) were followed to the letter, a person following that approach would need to refuse to communicate with any person utilizing a web email service providing serverside contact management. I can safely say without looking that well over half the worlds email addresses fit into this category