Re: DejaNews and Alta Vista Search Tools, and Privacy Implications

[Tim Philp <bplib@wat.hookup.net>]

	I was interested in your comments re DejaNews because of an
experience that I had about a month ago. I received mail from Rick
Broadhead, a co-author of the Canadian Internet Guide. He wanted to know
if I was the Tim Philp who wrote a computer column for the Brantford
Expositor and if so, would I be interested in reviewing his new books. 
	It seems that he got my name from a clipping service because I 
had mentioned his first book in my column. As I did not include my E-mail 
address in my column, he used DejaNews to search for Tim & Philp. Bingo! 
my name poped out from an old Cypherpunks list posting.
	In this case it was good as I was interested in talking to him, 
but the possibilities for privacy invasion are great. In any case, I got 
an article out of the experience. I think that it will be interesting 
when some of the future politicians who are now just kids playing on the 
Internet are presented with some of their juvenile rantings when they are 
40 years old and running for office. The mind boggles!

Regards, 
Tim Philp
Brantford, Ont.,
Canada

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