Man Jailed for Gmail Invite to Ex-Girlfriend

[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://news.yahoo.com/man-jailed-gmail-invite-ex-girlfriend-111716107--abc-news-topstories.html


In what one expert on Internet privacy calls "a worst-case scenario," a Massachusetts man was jailed for sending his ex-girlfriend (who had a restraining order against him) an email invitation to join Google+.

But Thomas Gagnon contends he didn't send it; Google did, without his knowledge or consent.

When his ex-girlfriend received the invitation, according to the Salem News, she went to the police, complaining Gagnon had violated the restraining order by sending her the email. Police agreed and arrested him, the News reported.He was jailed then released on $500 bail.

Attorney Bradley Shear, an internationally recognized expert on Internet privacy, told ABC News it's entirely possible Gagnon is telling the truth --that he did not intentionally or knowingly send the invitation. "If he didn't send it--if Google sent it without his permission and he was jailed for it--Google could be facing major liability," Shear said.

[brushfire]

"Dont be google..."

[coastie]

http://news.yahoo.com/man-jailed-gmail-invite-ex-girlfriend-111716107--abc-news-topstories.html


..."If he didn't send it--if Google sent it without his permission and he was jailed for it--Google could be facing major liability," Shear said.






LMAO...riiiiiight, sure they will.:rolleyes:

[tod evans]

Why is some broad running to the cops over an e-mail in the first place?

[phill4paul]

Zero tolerance. Jail them all. Let the courts sort it out.

[angelatc]

This is national news because.....?

Google invites clearly allow you to review the people who you are sending them to. And neither these people should e on each other's contact list. They should have blocked each other.

This is just two people who live to fight with each other.

[Anti Federalist]

The future is fail.

[jj-]

This is national news because.....?

Google invites clearly allow you to review the people who you are sending them to. And neither these people should e on each other's contact list. They should have blocked each other.

This is just two people who live to fight with each other.

You should be paid for dating advice.

[coastie]

This is national news because.....?

Google invites clearly allow you to review the people who you are sending them to. And neither these people should e on each other's contact list. They should have blocked each other.

This is just two people who live to fight with each other.

You're probably right, however, Google + is a strange animal. Just last week I added some random chick into my circle or whatever. The next day, there's a video on my wall or whatever its called, of a girl with some kind of gyno device stuck in her. literally, the thumbnail shows her shaved kitty kat with a "spreader" in it, and they're swabbing some sort of lesion. Yep, that shit's on youtube.

Anyway, she swears she only commented on the video, and didn't share it, but google says she shared it. Now, it's on my feed every time I open it up. Shaved puss and all. I can't get rid of it, either, it always comes back. Its that bad that I have to watch who's behind me when I open youtube/Google + now, because it looks like porn.

[Philhelm]

The future is fail.

The present is fail.

[EBounding]

Don't want to get too off track, but what are some solid alternatives to Gmail? It doesn't have to be free either.

[jj-]

The present is fail.

The past is (was?) fail.

[FloralScent]

Why is some broad running to the cops over an e-mail in the first place?

c-u-n-t

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Why is some broad running to the cops over an e-mail in the first place?

It'd be funny if she did it purely out of spite, but then unwittingly made him a millionaire through a lawsuit against Google.

[tod evans]

It'd be funny if she did it purely out of spite, but then unwittingly made him a millionaire through a lawsuit against Google.

Not even some silver tongued devil can hang this in Googles ass.

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Not even some silver tongued devil can hang this in Googles ass.

I don't know, this is the country where a woman spills hot coffee on herself, and somehow the company that sold it to her was liable.

[Dr.3D]

Why is some broad running to the cops over an e-mail in the first place?
She is probably too dumb to figure out where the delete key is.

[Dr.3D]

I don't know, this is the country where a woman spills hot coffee on herself, and somehow the company that sold it to her was liable.
Well, the coffee is only supposed to be hot in the cup, not in your lap. LOL

/s

[fr33]

I believe the guy.

I've received a google + invite from a contact before and he said he didn't send it. It happened after I deleted my google + page. He was the guy that had invited me the first time when it was still in beta because I requested it. I think google has something that resends the original invite if you delete your account.

[Xenliad]

Don't want to get too off track, but what are some solid alternatives to Gmail? It doesn't have to be free either.

Check out https://www.startmail.com/

[Suzanimal]

Well, Google wasn't his friend. I don't think it was intentional and I think it was stupid to go to the police with that - another story gives a little bit of their past - engaged for one day and she broke it off and filed for a restraining order.

[RickyJ]

The "girlfriend" is a piece of crap. Just delete or block him from sending anything and forget about it. What a nut! The police are also scum here for putting a man in jail over something like this. I don't care if he did it intentionally or not, this is just stupid.

[RickyJ]

Well, Google wasn't his friend. I don't think it was intentional and I think it was stupid to go to the police with that - another story gives a little bit of their past - engaged for one day and she broke it off and filed for a restraining order.

She sounds like a typical psycho to me. Some people are just nuts, it is best to stay away from them. The problem here is the police arresting a person over something like this.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Don't want to get too off track, but what are some solid alternatives to Gmail? It doesn't have to be free either.

Hushmail is not bad, especially for a quick and dirty email account. Haven't really investigated too much, but gmail still seems to have the best features among the free accounts. Gmail however, can still be clunky and also unprofessional. That's what free will get you. I also have a no charge rawfoods.com account. Not bad for personal stuff, but not really for business or professional use.

The choices are fairly easy if you want to pay. There are paid services, of course, far better than gmail.

[RickyJ]

Why is some broad running to the cops over an e-mail in the first place?

Not a regular personal email, an automated "invite" sent by Google plus. She has little upstairs and probably only has looks going for her, that won't last for long though. Many times good looking people are not particularity bright because they don't have to be when many people would bend over backwards to help them.

[Dr.3D]

Don't want to get too off track, but what are some solid alternatives to Gmail? It doesn't have to be free either.
My ISP provides email service. I just use the Thunderbird client to access it.

I thought everybody had email service from their ISP.

[jmdrake]

This just shows how stupid our country is. On the one extreme you have the case of the woman (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/28scotus.html?_r=0) who tried to get the police to track down her estranged husband who she had an order of protection against and who had kidnapped (and sadly ultimately killed) her kids. Then you have this case where someone gets arrested for allegedly sending a Google invite. Am I the only one that thinks that's totally stupid even if he sent the invite? What was his ex-girlfriend being protected from? Pixels?