The Pebble and the Avalanche

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Current Revolutions in Business and Technology

by Dr. Moshe Yudkowsky,

author of The Pebble and The Avalanche: How Taking Things Apart Creates Revolutions

 

Mon, 2008-Sep-08, 16:35

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Trying to Understand "I Want Sandy"

Obstensibly, "I Want Sandy" provides a nice service: an automated email assistant. Want to get a reminder about a meeting? CC "Sandy," say "Sandy, please remind me about meeting X at time Y on date Z," and "she" will send you an email or text reminder message.

That's great, but I can't quite figure out the terms of service and privacy policies. I get the distinct impression that they're reading and storing any email I CC them, and if I want to keep something private I should not send it to them... so how can I use them for anything?

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