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> I don't see this as a problem; there's nothing stopping anybody you send anything to from taking a copy of it. You can't take emails or IMs back. It's just dumb.

I may trust someone personally, but not trust their ability to administer a system. This requires me to do both if I am sending information to somebody.



Same reason I don't give out my real phone number unless I know how someone handles their phone. Doesn't take any malicious intent to grant Contacts access to all kinds of malicious apps. Other peoples' computers have to be assumed hostile.




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