never noticed this before today... but I had an email in my personal account from a coworker of a friend saying that she heard i was good with "graphic design" and attached a wedding program to see if i'd be interested in helping her spice it up.

ANYWAYS, the very next email after that one was a spam mail...

Quote :

"Graphic and Interior designers in high demand"

think it's just a really weird coincidence? i'd hate to think gmail has a bin of spam that they pull from when certain keywords get triggered

i should email a friend and mention viagra or something.

10/29/2008 10:11:54 AM

email yourself and mention viagra

10/29/2008 10:15:14 AM

Call 911

10/29/2008 10:17:10 AM

someone PM me your email address, and I'll write you and say I need viagra

and i'll give you my address, and ask me something that might trigger it again. i wanna bust this fucker (i am bored ok)

10/29/2008 10:18:55 AM

Um. . .the activity in question is a part of your user agreement.

Targeted ads in Gmail

and

Scanning email content

Quote :

"Google scans the text of Gmail messages in order to filter spam and detect viruses, just as all major webmail services do. Google also uses this scanning technology to deliver targeted text ads and other related information. This is completely automated and involves no humans. When a user opens an email message, computers scan the text and then instantaneously display relevant information that is matched to the text of the message. Once the message is closed, ads are no longer displayed. It is important to note that the ads generated by this matching process are dynamically generated each time a message is opened by the user--in other words, Google does not attach particular ads to individual messages or to users' accounts."

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about_privacy.html#targeted_ads

10/29/2008 10:21:23 AM

text ads arent emails

10/29/2008 10:26:22 AM

Ads that were next to the wedding program email

Quote :

"Cheap Wedding Dresses Princess Style Bridal Dress Only $76.02,Live Customer Support! http://www.LightInTheBox.com/WeddingDress Informal Wedding dresses Informal wedding dresses, beach wed beach wedding dresses, casual wedd http://www.pjmaxltd.com Eco Wedding Rings One with each Other; with the Earth A Natural for Organic Weddings greenKarat.com Romantic Kauai Wedding Exchange Vows on a Beautiful Beach Spend Your Honeymoon in Paradise! http://www.HCR.com/weddings"

10/29/2008 10:41:39 AM

next to it on mine

Quote :

"Sponsored Links Cheap Wedding Dresses Princess Style Bridal Dress Only $76.02,Live Customer Support! http://www.LightInTheBox.com/WeddingDress Eco Wedding Rings One with each Other; with the Earth A Natural for Organic Weddings greenKarat.com 2008 Wedding Gowns Stunning, Elegant, "The Collection By Lynn" at Emerald Bridal http://www.emeraldbridal.net Orlando Florida Weddings orlando wedding photographer 407-841-2300 http://www.chapmanphotography.com Dora Wedding Bands Dora wedding rings look-a-like shop for wedding bands for less http://www.shopweddingbands.com"

no spam though, both from this and the viagra one

10/29/2008 10:42:23 AM

Quote :

" Balance Transfer Cards 0% for 15 months or 3.9% for life. Compare & Apply. Instant Decision. Balance.Credit-Land.com Get A 700+ Credit Score Boost your score NOW and pay later. No results - No charge! GuaranteedCreditBoost.com See Todays Refinance Rate $180,000 Refinance under $679/mo. See Rates- No Credit Check Req! http://www.LowerMyBills.com Fix Bad Credit Today 100% Legal Credit Repair. Fast Results. Get Free Consultation Now! http://www.TrinityCreditServices.com"

From the email I sent jackleg about having bad credit

10/29/2008 10:49:05 AM

^ did you get any based on my reply about how it would be cool if you could find a way to get a free credit report?

Quote :

"Um. . .the activity in question is a part of your user agreement."

i've said it once and i'll say it as many times as it takes...

guys who use "um" in the middle of sentences to emphasize how wrong someone else is... that's actually gayer than sucking on a penis. its the behavior of a 11 year old bitchy little girl.

and i dont see anything in the user agreement about what i made this thread about - but we busted the myth anyways (although i say plausible cause i think it could pick one of every 50 to spam, etc)

10/29/2008 11:16:26 AM

nope, I haven't gotten anything from any of your emails other than those sponsored link ads.

10/29/2008 11:17:22 AM

Um. . .do you think I give a fuck what you think is gay?

10/29/2008 11:17:48 AM

Quote :

"Um. . .do you think I give a fuck what you think is gay?"

the response of someone who cares what other people think is gay

10/29/2008 11:18:21 AM

Quote :

"Um. . .do you think I give a fuck what you think is gay?"

you don't seem to understand. actually being gay in a sexual sense is tolerated in our society. being a whiny little homo isn't. i was just trying to help. but its all good. you'll make a great little sister one day!

10/29/2008 11:20:36 AM

Quote :

"and i dont see anything in the user agreement about what i made this thread about - but we busted the myth anyways (although i say plausible cause i think it could pick one of every 50 to spam, etc)"

that might be the case.

Oh well...for now MYTH BUSTED

10/29/2008 11:21:15 AM

yes, we will call it busted. that's cool

but if anyone else has a suspicious email, post it here!

ok i gotta go do something besides read tww

later!!!1

10/29/2008 11:22:25 AM

I was trying to help, jacklame. But just go fuck yourself.

FWIW, what I posted is true--it's been a topic of discussion for years.

Google's Gmail sparks privacy row

Quote :

"Privacy campaigners have objected to plans to send users adverts linked to the content of messages, and to the permanent storage of email."

Quote :

"Privacy International objects to Google's plans to send users links to advertising based on a computer scan of their correspondence, and presumed interests. At present, users of Google's internet search engine receive advertisements for commercial sites linked to their search topic arranged down the right-hand side of their screens. Gmail would use similar technology to scan emails and offer advertisements. Google says the content of users' email would remain private because the process would be fully automated."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3602745.stm

10/29/2008 11:25:06 AM

ahahahaha jacklame

that's pretty lame


awwwwwwwhttp://www.....

10/29/2008 11:27:05 AM

that would explain all the penis size reduction emails i get

I'm walls1441 and i approved this message.

10/29/2008 11:29:02 AM

^^ Well, nobody knows how to ride nuts better than you.

10/29/2008 11:35:49 AM

ha ha, jacklame. im a l4m3r. i can deal with that. anyway, it's so hard to walk away from an internet fight so i will reply again

Quote :

"Google's plans to send users links to advertising based on a computer scan of their correspondence, and presumed interests."

this is obviously talking about google's plans to target the text links in the google adwords program that's been around for a while

i am talking specifically about an actual SPAM EMAIL showing up in my email box

not to mention the embedded images in that email.... your email address is encoded in base64 and included in the image path, so that a script adds your address to a list of active users. since its in an image path, most people dont realize it's doing that, and since its encoded, most people dont realize their address is being sent/confirmed. its shady stuff

google doesn't reserve the right anywhere to do that shit! but its pretty much irrelevant cause it doesn't seem to be coming from google. i just found it to be an odd coincidence

10/29/2008 11:37:01 AM

^ Just read this, man--and stop being a fuckhead.

http://epic.org/privacy/gmail/faq.html

10/29/2008 11:45:33 AM

i've looked that over, and that's where my question comes from:

when google says that they will scan email and use the extracted info in order to target an ad, where does it imply that they'd use anything besides their typical text links?

i don't see anything about them "transmitting an ad" by email

(and i can never stop being a fuckhead. thats why i got my HATER BLOCKERS on!!1)

10/29/2008 2:33:48 PM

My new favorite pic.

10/29/2008 2:36:10 PM

^ that pic is totally awesome

also totally awesome is how hooksaw continues to use some pathetic turn on a user's name when he's bitching at them

10/29/2008 2:58:08 PM

i love it when people give me new nicknames. especially when they create the nickname out of another name. that's clever... and i appreciate clever!

(!!!1)

10/29/2008 3:36:38 PM

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10/29/2008 3:37:16 PM