[TenTec] new Orion group on Yahoo

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Eric,
I agree with the privacy concerns.  I made a bIG mistake.  I had used Google
search to look up several of my wife's cancer medications and never received
spam from illicet pharmaceutical sites.  However, two days after using the
Yahoo search, I found 38 such sites in my mailbox!  Needless to say, I will
never use Yahoo for anything again.
73,
Frank, K4VMO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Scace K3NA" <eric at k3na.org>
To: <roth at myway.com>
Cc: "TenTec mailing list" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 8:34 PM
Subject: [TenTec] new Orion group on Yahoo


> Hi Joe --
>
>    While I'm always happy to see people take initiative, perhaps those who
organized this new Yahoo group about the Orion missed
> some important points of the earlier discussion... and therefore don't
fully understand why the original Yahoo group was terminated.
>
>    There are more than a few people who do NOT want to participate in ANY
group on Yahoo because of privacy policy problems.  These
> individuals, who would very much like to be part of any discussions about
the Orion radio, have reviewed Yahoo's policy on the
> treatment of personal information and, in their own judgment, find it
lacking in protection.  While some people may not feel that
> Yahoo's approach to protecting (or not protecting) personal data (and
using that data for third-party marketing) is inadequate,
> others do feel it is sufficiently important to them as to preclude
participation in Yahoo groups.  I am just one of those with such
> concerns.
>
>    To create another Yahoo-based group is to exclude these people from the
discussion and from access to the archives.  If Orion
> enthusiasts feel that a separate discussion is necessary, PLEASE consider
using something other that Yahoo to host it.
> Contesting.com would be a fine solution.
>
> -- Eric K3NA
>
>
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