Maybe it's just me but I didn't much like the idea that you have to give up your cell number in order to sign up for gmail. Yeah it's a great email app and all, and google say's they won't release it to anyone. But here is my concern; what if you are looking for a moderately annonymous email account. You can't just say your name is Joe Smith and fake your zip code like with Yahoo! or Hotmail. Yes giving them your cell number adds lot's of funcionaliy and that's great if you plan to use those features. They say it helps cut down on abuse and spam, we'll see....
I went ahead and gave up my number but elected to not have it attatched to my account as it was required to use blogger. Not too sure what this means to my privacy as I have no proof of what they do with the information after all is said and done. They must keep it somewhere if it is being used to control user abuse.
Anyone else have any thoughts on the subject?
DARKHELM
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