On 2017-09-16, Dan Purgert <d...@djph.net> wrote: > Greg Wooledge wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:00:19PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: >>> I read the "for backup purposes" as being a euphemism, implying that the >>> second copy was being kept for nefarious purposes, including so that it >>> could be reviewed (including by third parties) even if the user had >>> deleted the "visible" copy. >> >> Yes, precisely this. I thought it was blatantly obvious, but as >> usual the Internet has corrected my assumptions. > > Hm, I must've missed that message ... > > "Nefarious" or not, anyone worth their salt has backups of their mail > (be it corporate IT / an ISP / google / whoever), since things fail at > times. Hell, I have "dead-tree-backups(tm)" of emails from previous > employers asking for stupid things that'd break best practices / etc. >
I would not wish my ISP to retain a backup for some ulterior purpose of the private emails that I have expressly deleted. YMMV. The recourse to encryption is tempting to the serious-minded; however, I fear it just red-flags you for further and more exhaustive study. -- "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." Groucho
