[SGVLUG] archives??? since when?

[Martin Bähr]

On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 04:21:58PM -0700, Hershel Remer wrote:
> Hiring Manager> Ok, so who is this Dustin? Let's see what Mr. Google has to
> say about him? Wow... he has some 3.5 million hits. Well, let's take a peek at
> the first one. .....  what's this about?  Seems he likes to criticize people
> publicly and often directs his criticism at the wrong person, makes incorrect
> statements about Linux and admittedly doesn't know how to investigate things
> thoroughly. I thought he came highly recommended. I wonder who else is
> available.
> 
> 
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> 
> Ok, that is an exaggeration of the problem, but I think you all get my point. ;-)

no.
if you do not want the public see you missbehave, then don't missbehave
in public.

you can not be sure that anyone is quoting you off list.

if you want privacy on a mailinglist then you need to make sure that any
person joining swears an oath to not cary anything from this list out to
the public.

there is a reasonable expectation of privacy, but that becomes lower as
the number of members in the group rises. with a few hundred people on
the list, many of which you have no clue who they actually are, you
can't really expect your mails to be private anymore.

i am all for privacy, but the best thing to keep something private is,
to not share it at all. for the rest there is encryption. everything
else should be considered public.

greetings, martin.
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