Comments on: The Pudding Experience http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-09/the-pudding-experience/ All your digital media goodness. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:55:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MHAithaca http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-09/the-pudding-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-73926 MHAithaca Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:25:32 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-09/the-pudding-experience/#comment-73926 Probably a safe assumption, Dave! But as with the airport "security" charade, the average person seems to prefer the illusion, even when the real thing is utterly out of reach. Probably a safe assumption, Dave! But as with the airport “security” charade, the average person seems to prefer the illusion, even when the real thing is utterly out of reach.

]]> By: Dave Zatz http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-09/the-pudding-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-73925 Dave Zatz Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:48:28 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-09/the-pudding-experience/#comment-73925 I just assume everything, everywhere is monitored and don't worry too much about it. :) I just assume everything, everywhere is monitored and don’t worry too much about it. :)

]]> By: MHAithaca http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-09/the-pudding-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-73924 MHAithaca Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:54:26 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-09/the-pudding-experience/#comment-73924 I'd agree completely if there were <i>someone</i> listening in, rather than automated monitoring software. I think my biggest problem with this would be that the person on the <i>other</i> end of the line hasn't consented to having their conversation monitored, even without humans in the process. This also comes down to how much you trust the company providing the service and their statement that the context information is never stored. Do you trust that Google is not allowing the government to also do keyword monitoring? Do you trust that the Pudding people aren't? I’d agree completely if there were someone listening in, rather than automated monitoring software.

I think my biggest problem with this would be that the person on the other end of the line hasn’t consented to having their conversation monitored, even without humans in the process.

This also comes down to how much you trust the company providing the service and their statement that the context information is never stored. Do you trust that Google is not allowing the government to also do keyword monitoring? Do you trust that the Pudding people aren’t?

]]> By: Mari Silbey http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-09/the-pudding-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-73923 Mari Silbey Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:42:11 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-09/the-pudding-experience/#comment-73923 True. And I read somebody else who commented in this context on how touchy people have been about the Gmail "feature". Here's the difference though, when I draft an email I read it over before I send it. A phone conversation is much more immediate and therefore much less deliberate. While I don't like the idea of Google reading my email, I *really* don't like the idea of someone listening in on my sometimes-stream-of-conscience conversations. True. And I read somebody else who commented in this context on how touchy people have been about the Gmail “feature”.

Here’s the difference though, when I draft an email I read it over before I send it. A phone conversation is much more immediate and therefore much less deliberate. While I don’t like the idea of Google reading my email, I *really* don’t like the idea of someone listening in on my sometimes-stream-of-conscience conversations.

]]> By: MHAithaca http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-09/the-pudding-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-73921 MHAithaca Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:25:55 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2007-09/the-pudding-experience/#comment-73921 I tried commenting on the voip-news blog post, but its moronic anti-spam feature, which looks like it would be easier to cope with than a graphical captcha challenge, insists that the correct response to "Sum of 1 + 5 ?" is not 6. My point? This seems no different than Google displaying web ads based on what you've searched for, and GMail displaying web ads based on reading the private e-mail messages you're looking at. I tried commenting on the voip-news blog post, but its moronic anti-spam feature, which looks like it would be easier to cope with than a graphical captcha challenge, insists that the correct response to “Sum of 1 + 5 ?” is not 6.

My point? This seems no different than Google displaying web ads based on what you’ve searched for, and GMail displaying web ads based on reading the private e-mail messages you’re looking at.

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