William H. Magill on Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:13:09 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] BCCs potentially exposed


On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 01:11 PM, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
In my work BCCs and their privacy are critical.  It's a "don't use this
software for serious work" issue.

If you are concerned with privacy issues, using electronic mail is dangerous,
period. Forget about BCCs...


Un-encrypted electronic mail is a POST CARD. ANYBODY can read it.

Remember, the thing that got Oliver North was all the BCC messages sitting around on backup tapes at the White House.

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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