RazMan
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 07:52 AM |
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eBay 'listening in' to emails ?
....... or am I just paranoid?
I have noticed that when I reply to eBay user emails there is a kind of delay when typing - the letters come up on the screen a fraction of a second
behind the keystrokes. It is almost like they are being routed through a 'proof reader' before being allowed, possibly being monitored to
prevent any outside deals.
Also eBay seems to be censoring each ad before submission, weeding out 'hints' of separate deals outside the auctions, exchanges, offers
etc.
Has anyone else noticed this?
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 08:14 AM |
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theyve been listening in for ages now mate thats why they put that code up and all etc
try replying to the person direct
also ebay will slowly try and take over the internet sales world I said this quite a while back
any other company with there customer service would have been investigated by trading standard by now
everything is cheesy auto replies
so by the time you get your proper reply 5 days have gone by
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RazMan
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 08:48 AM |
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I can appreciate that they need to keep an eye on their internal stuff, but it just seems a bit 'big brother' to vet the emails between
auction users that choose not to use the eBay messages system.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Danozeman
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 08:55 AM |
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quote:
I can appreciate that they need to keep an eye on their internal stuff, but it just seems a bit 'big brother' to vet the emails between
auction users that choose not to use the eBay messages system.
They watch to see if your making an outside deal through them. I had a couple of warnings from them because a buyer had contacted me about purchasing
an item and i sold another one i had and left the original on. One of the sales was conducted via private email not through them and they still
knew.
Its just so they dont lose out on 20p fee.
Dan
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 08:55 AM |
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your quite right
afterall if google earth can show sat images of the top of my house for general internet users
imagine the quality of there video output
straight to base etc
afterall how the bleep can ebay stop me from selling items elsewhere
unless there trying to rule
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 09:15 AM |
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You're just being paranoid about the character delay. If anyone wanted to vet an email being passed through their system they would intercept it
in transit, it's so much easier and more transparent than intercepting every character as it is typed into a dialog.
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RazMan
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 10:08 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by martyn_16v
You're just being paranoid about the character delay. If anyone wanted to vet an email being passed through their system they would intercept it
in transit, it's so much easier and more transparent than intercepting every character as it is typed into a dialog.
So what causes the delay then? I'm not particularly worried by it - just interested as to how eBay can seemingly control or influence certain
things.
In the past I have had one or two sale auctions refused until I edit the text to their liking. Things like 'other items for sale' and
please 'email me' have been targeted - they must have some sophisticated text reading software to pick these up. I notice that some people
have been entering stuff like ' no swaps (nudge nudge)' or 'no other parts available (wink wink)' to try and get around it. 
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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chockymonster
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 11:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RazMan
So what causes the delay then? I'm not particularly worried by it - just interested as to how eBay can seemingly control or influence certain
things.
Poorly executed code.
I don't notice any delay when responding to messages.
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JoelP
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 12:13 PM |
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on a similar but different note, it seems phone companies can meddle with messages in your inbox, either edit or delete them. When you receive a text
informing you of a missed call, any subsequent missed calls are edited onto the same message, so you dont end up with two messages. Not sure how they
do it but that seems sneaky.
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02GF74
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 01:25 PM |
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just to add to your paranoia .... I am sure I read somewhere the the secutiry service/police/MFI/aliens are able to monitor and access or internet
traffic and telephone conversation, the latter being record, must be a blood big tape machine
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RazMan
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 02:34 PM |
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I've heard about these 'facilities' that some governments use (although it might just be urban myth) - they are apparently a very
sophisticated word recognition doo dahs which monitor thousands of lines and flag up any conversations with certain 'alert' words like
'bomb, terrorist, explosive' etc.
Ooooooohh, I've probably just triggered one of them .......... they're probably coming to get me now AS WE SPEAK!!
..... or maybe its just me being paranoid again
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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scottc
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 02:47 PM |
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and its called echelon.
The US have a huge base in harrogate called Menwith hill were they monitor all electronic communication.
Menwith
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Peteff
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 03:11 PM |
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Menwith Hill and Fylingdales are both surveillance stations monitoring your internet activity. Osama bin Laden.....Al Quaeda ..... plutonium ....
North Korea.. That's just so they pick this one up
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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RazMan
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 03:25 PM |
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This isn't doing my paranoia any good you know 
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 06:11 PM |
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You'll be fine as long as no one says 'dirty bomb'.
Oh shi...
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 06:32 PM |
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Talking of which, what the hell is this?
 
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If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 06:35 PM |
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Perhaps Arthur C Clarkes obelisk was just drifting past the M4 the day the image was taken
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Stu16v
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 07:29 PM |
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quote:
Talking of which, what the hell is this?
It's a building with a big, black roof!
Dont just build it.....make it!
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