Forget Hardy

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Wed Jun 11 19:41:32 UTC 2008


Bart Silverstrim wrote:

> Okay. We'll agree to disagree here :-)
> 
> Email should fall under copyright. That's already convention.
> 
> List messages different from personal due to intent.
> 
> But if you want something "private" that falls under those
> disclaimer-style "for you eyes only", use encryption. It's stupid stupid
> stupid to send corporate sensitive material to Johnny Public, THEN tell
> him that "Yo, that info? It's private and belongs to intended recipient
> only. If it wasn't for you...erase it and don't tell anyone!"
> 
> Yeah. Right. Short of a lobotomy...
> 
> Email is little more than controlled spam. If you want it to be stamped
> official...encrypt it. It's silly to have that paragraph long disclaimer
> as your only shield between you and a slipped keystroke in the to: line.
> 
> Back to more disk verification... :-)

We don't have to disagree at all - I completely agree with that.  
-- 
derek





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