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RandomUser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 12:03 AM
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U.S. Treasury to post previously private Email Addresses Online
Edited on Sat Jan-10-04 12:04 AM by RandomUser
"After receiving around 10 thousand comments about a government proceeding and after promising not to reveal personal info from those comments online, the US Treasury department decided to post email addresses of those who commented online. Sounds like they don't want any more comments about government proceedings. The email harvesters are going to have a great time."

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/01/09/0010200.shtml?tid=103&tid=158&tid=99
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Philostopher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 12:07 AM
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1. Wow.
Guess if I ever send an e-mail to any government agency, I'll have to make damned sure I use one of my 'disposable' addies. Preferably one of the AOL ones -- the only reason I still have an AOL account.
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RandomUser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 12:36 AM
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2. Good point
Seems like having a semi-disposable addy is a must. But the real frightening implication here is the intent and effect of what the Treasury is doing. This would discourage people from sending in complaints. And seems punative for those who do choose to complain.
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