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This reminds me of politicians "going transparent" in The Circle. I would loathe to be in a position where every casual conversation I had was subject to public

• aleksaxyz 7y ago
  Having worked in the public sector in the U.S., email conversations are sterile for the fact that they are always potentially accessible through Freedom of Information Act requests. No one's having thoughtful and personal conversations over internal emails. But there does need to be a warning to the public that their emails are going to be public. Just so they aren't surprised and can schedule a call instead of going into detail via email.
  • Alex3917 7y ago
    > But there does need to be a warning to the public that their emails are going to be public. It seems like Gmail et al. could just add a popup warning folks before sending anything to a .gov email. Folks running their own email servers hopefully know better already.
    • inetknght 7y ago
      > It seems like Gmail et al. could just add a popup warning folks before sending anything to a .gov email. If I'm not mistaken, Gmail _also_ keeps a record of your emails too, does it not?
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• Spooky23 7y ago
  It’s better to think of it that way. If you get sued, all of your written communications will be read. It’s pretty trivial to supervise email in O365 or Google, so if you’re a risk or someone feels like it, it’s likely your communications are getting looked at.