Curiosity

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[Poll #872554]

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I divide my life up into (a) things I don't mind everyone knowing (b) things I don't mind most people knowing (c) things only trusted people get told. [c.f. (a) things I will post unlocked to LJ (b) things I will post locked to LJ (c) things I won't post to LJ at all.]

(a) and bits of (b) I'd prefer not to send to gmail but will if necessary. Since these days you can't tell which otherwise sane people are forwarding all their mail to gmail, the rest of (b) and (c) go only to people I know aren't using it.

I don't think I'm being paranoid; my paranoia levels have always served me well in the past and turned out to be appropriate and justified often enough. (c) is sensitive stuff; as with sending love-letters, I'd rather I could trust the postal staff to be friendly, discreet and trustworthy as well as the recipient.

I keep my personal correspondence only on systems where I know and trust the sysadmins. Frankly it astounds me how few people go squick at the thought of someone unknown/untrustable reading all their email.