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UK Politician Criticised For Using Hotmail

Posted by samzenpus on from the make-better-choices dept.

nk497 writes "The UK justice secretary Jack Straw has been criticised for using Hotmail as his official government email account after he apparently fell foul of a Nigerian spammer in a phishing attack. A security researcher said using such an account not only left the government in security trouble, but meant any emails sent could not be necessarily accessed via the Freedom of Information Act."

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  1. Re:Not government account by commodore64_love · · Score: -1, Redundant

    It does seem kind of silly. I've been using yahoomail since the 90s. If I suddenly get elected to office, am I supposed to just stop using my old email?

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  2. Re:Jack Straw stranded by Opportunist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hmm... how much to convince them to keep him forever?

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  3. Re:Not government account by foobsr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I've been using gmail and gmx for at least a decade, ...

    " No joke : we launch Gmail on April Fool's Day. (At the time, you needed an invitation to get an account.) " This was 2004.

    Well done.

    CC.

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