Re: gmail users read on...

[George Michaelson <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:12 AM, Hector Santos <[e-mail]> wrote:

> The whole point of using theses alias or junk domains was to help protect
> your real professional domains and also get around some restrictions or
> slow down using your professional domain.
>
> However, overtime, these junk domains have become more embedded in
> people's lives. They are using them more across more services.  It has
> become a "second life" for many.
>
>
I have taken the overwhelming majority of *NOG and IETF WG list subscribes
out of my corporate identity into the cloud, for two reasons.

Firstly, the web tools have become significantly better to the point they
are actually significantly better than the MUA on my laptop for free-text
search, spamtag, sorting and keyboard accellerators.

Secondly, no matter how many times you say "my work does not own my
opinions" it remains a risk of taint both ways. I know my work INFORMS my
opinions. By using the throwaway generic mails I can establish to my own
satisfaction I said it, not my work role.

Where it gets complex is when you want to have your corporate, potentially
NDA covered work mail in the cloud. I'm not satisfied that the google
response (as an example) demands you accept US law and physical storage. If
they offered a guarantee its clouds lie inside my own polity, that works
better for me. I realise that there are significant players in other
economies who are delighted their content is not under the  hands of their
own law enforcement, but I have other issues.

G