Re: Can my ISP see my NNTP traffic?

From: Lassi Hippeläinen (lahippel_at_ieee.orgies.invalid)
Date: 06/03/04


Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 10:07:55 GMT


"T. Sean Weintz" wrote:
>
> Bill Unruh wrote:
>
> > ]> > >
> > ]> > > You'll see that it's not only your ISP that can see your Usenet
> > ]traffic!
> > ]> > >
> > ]> > > I posted a message complaining about a crap boss I had and it turned
> > ]up
> > ]> > the
> > ]> > > head of the list in Google if you did a search on his name.
> >
> > A usenet post is SUPPOSED to be readable by everyone in the world. That is
> > what usenet is all about. And Yes, google does also search over usenet.
> >
>
> Yup. Google groups is great. I love seeing my name all over it.

Used to be called Dejanews, before Google acquired it.

> Yeah.
> all the way back to '96. 8 years of garbage it's collected on me.
> Flame wars and all.

It is quite regular to check the newsgroups before recruiting people. A
good way of finding out what kind of candidates you have.

-- Lassi



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