[Air-l] Not only Google will watch

[Jillana Enteen]

I'm taking this thread off track once again.

You think Google is watching: try didtheyreadit.com software.

http://didtheyreadit.com/#

You sign up and get to spy on those whom you send an email. But 
didtheyreadit.com gets to spy on you. The software seems like a perfect 
set up to get users to download it for more control.

I tried to see what software needs to be installed for the 'background 
program' (sure sounds like spyware to me), but I can't get information 
unless I signup.

But here's some press links:

E-mail tracking service ready to go

E-mailers can know when, whether and even where you read their messages,
according to Rampell Software. The company plans to formally launch a
message-monitoring service called DidTheyReadIt?

The service costs $50 a year. To use it, register on the Web site and 
attach
the phrase "didtheyreadit.com" to the end of an e-mail address. The 
tracking
is invisible to recipients, according to Alex Rampell, the Cambridge,
Mass.-based firm's CEO. Here's the Web site.

Rampell said Didtheyreadit can be used by, among others, job applicants 
to
make certain their resumes were received by employers and not shunted 
into
junk e-mail folders. Similarly, parents can make sure their children are
reading messages. "It gives you a piece of mind and that's what our 
software
does," he said. Interview with Rampell.

Rampell also expects some controversy. Several critics have said the 
service
is an invasion of privacy. "People thought Caller ID was an invasion of
privacy too," he countered. "New technology brings with it increased 
risks
and also increased responsibility for people who use it."

C 1997-2004 MarketWatch.com, Inc.
Source URL:
www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=21288840&brk=1


Tracking Your Email

Did you ever wonder whether someone actually reads your email? Well, 
now you
can find out.

The web site company, DidTheyReadIt.com offers a program that allows 
you to
secretly track emails you send.

You'll see whether someone opens your email, how long they keep it open,
even where they're reading your email.

The service costs $50 a year and is marketed to sales people, students 
and
job hunters

Source URL:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/news/7oys/052004_7oys_readit.html

best, jillana
Jillana Enteen
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