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US Treasury to Post Previously Private Email Addresses Online

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the liars-damn-liars-and-statisticians dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After receiving around 10 thousand comments about a government proceeding and after promising not to reveal personal info from those comments online, the US Treasury department decided to post email addresses of those who commented online. Sounds like they don't want any more comments about government proceedings. The email harvesters are going to have a great time."

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  1. surprise surprise by GoatPigSheep · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just one of many of the anti-free speach measures being taken by the Bush government...

    Still feel good about voting the republicans in ?

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  2. Well, only if it is enforced... by Eyah....TIMMY · · Score: 0, Troll

    We do have laws to protect us against spam but the problem is enforcing them. Do you really have the time and resources to go track down with very expensive lawyers the spammer that lives in Brazil using a Russian ISP through an offshore bank account?

    Ideally the US gov would take care of it but it seems they'd rather support spammers...

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  3. If... by saberworks · · Score: 3, Troll

    If we can't trust the government with our email addresses, WHY oh why do we trust them with 55% of our income each and every year?