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Re: [RC] Google Indexes All of Ridecamp - Beverley H. Kane, MDA bit OT, yet worthwhile pointing out, b/c in my experience there's a lot of confusion about what's the public, unsecured Internet; an organizational/corporate private intranet; and a business-to-business private extranet. And no one should be concerned about secure messaging one's healthcare providers just b/c RC is public. Ridecamp "e-mail" is by choice of the administrators publicly accessible. There is no password-protected login needed to read it; messages go over the public internet; and our words are exposed unto eternity to anyone with a web browser. "Secure messaging" is different from "e-mail." It is used for transactions such as home banking, communicating over a hospital/clinic/doctor's website, and e-commerce on Amazon and e-Bay. SM is not exposed publicly and is theoretically (with notable newsworthy exceptions) tightly private and secure. If you look in the address bar of your browser and it says "https" (the "s" stands for "secure") instead of just "http," it's a good bet you're in a secure messaging environment and your communication is private. Ridecamp could move to a secure extranet model. Or we could all be much more continent and considerate and conscious of our communication for public posterity. Beverley Woodside, CA AERC #33689 1993-5 chair, American Medical Informatics Assn Internet Working Group author, "Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Electronic Mail With Patients" http://www.amia.org/mbrcenter/pubs/email_guidelines.asp On 4/30/06 11:40 PM, "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: It's like saying "What's your problem? Timbuktu was always publically-accesible!" after a Star Trek transporter has been invented.Indeed, it is exactly like saying that. What IS your problem? Google seems to have made it easier for people who are interested in the information provided on Ridecamp to find it. So what?!?!?! kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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