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I'm thirty and have been getting on the internet since the first Bush administration. Even at the time, the first rule of the internet is that everything you p
by rprospero 13y ago
I'm thirty and have been getting on the internet since the first Bush administration. Even at the time, the first rule of the internet is that everything you put online is public. This wasn't just about things that you posted on forums, either. The assumption was that the sysadmin would read your e-mails when she was bored and that anything interesting would be passed around.
- robin_reala 13y agoNot just an assumption, I’ve had sysadmins that did that.
- Tomte 13y agoMeeting a sysadmin of your mail provider at some real-life net gathering, wearing the "I read your mail" shirt really was a bit unsettling...