I always had the idea this website was about bringing freedom to all information (wasn't that a quote from RMS or so?).
Old email conversations might prove to be negative in certain cases, however they also might prove to be positive. If the other side of the court room only shows their part of an email thread, you probably want to have that old backup right in front of you.
Bottom line: this only matters when you have more to loose than to gain from certain possible pending allegations. In other words: when you brake the law more often than live by it. What's your company policy? In Microsoft's case it must be: "what monopoly laws? Just tie all these things together!"
Or bottom line 2: just delete all electronic references to illegal activities as soon as possible (what, did I say delete? no wipe them out, zero them out or never type these things electronically anyways).
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I always had the idea this website was about bringing freedom to all information (wasn't that a quote from RMS or so?).
Old email conversations might prove to be negative in certain cases, however they also might prove to be positive. If the other side of the court room only shows their part of an email thread, you probably want to have that old backup right in front of you.
Bottom line: this only matters when you have more to loose than to gain from certain possible pending allegations. In other words: when you brake the law more often than live by it. What's your company policy? In Microsoft's case it must be: "what monopoly laws? Just tie all these things together!"
Or bottom line 2: just delete all electronic references to illegal activities as soon as possible (what, did I say delete? no wipe them out, zero them out or never type these things electronically anyways).