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Arent you getting ahead of yourself? they have said
nothing other that it is a .COM product. So you are
worrying over your own speculations...
What we need is to find what are their plans. IMHO The
optimal configuration for most, if not all, of their
clients (because of how TS works) would be centralized
data and a local program and analysis techniques. Am I
missing something or did Omega release some
information that I am not aware of?
H
--- Larry Wright <lwright@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As more people learn about the massive attempts to
> gather personal
> information via the net, there is a growing concern
> about privacy. I have
> a friend who ordered a report on himself, and he was
> *very* upset to learn
> how much personal info was available for sale to
> others (and this was the
> low-cost, minimal report :-).
>
> Many programs have been caught sending back personal
> and private
> information to the company database. TS.com is in a
> perfect position to
> do this as well.
>
> It might be wise to establish the level of concern
> before the product is
> released, and to try and set limits on what OR
> intends to do. This is
> particularly important because they might design it
> in a way that requires
> this data to work correctly (personal info is sent
> along with a required
> data field). This will negate the possibility of
> using a blocker to
> protect your info.
>
> I would like to go on record as *strongly* opposing
> *any* transfer of info
> back to Omega, other than what is absolutely
> required to operate the
> program.
>
> Is anyone else concerned about this?
>
> I'd like to try to get a very clear privacy
> statement from Omega before
> hand. (Not one of those means-nothing ones that have
> become so prevalent
> on the net).
>
> Without this, I'd have serious reservations about
> using TS.com.
>
> Any other (serious :-) suggestions as to what to do?
>
> Larry
>
>
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