[attrition] rant: Stupid E-mail Disclaimers and the Stupid Users that Use Them

[lyger]

http://attrition.org/security/rants/z/disclaimers.html

Wed Oct 5 16:24:32 EDT 2006

martums & jericho

We thought it would be a fad. Ok, we hoped it would be a fad, destined to 
go away as quickly as it came. Unfortunately, those worthless e-mail legal 
disclaimers still pollute the internet. Written by overzealous lawyers 
that don't seem to realize the stupidity futility of their effort, poorly 
worded legal gibberish tries to force you into binding contracts to 
protect their careless mistakes. One of their employees just fires off an 
e-mail full of corporate secrets? No worries! That legal disclaimer will 
ensure the unintended recipient deletes it without question! Wishful 
thinking douchebag lawyers.

We can't help it--this really makes us nuts. When will these people learn? 
You transmitted your crappy mind-numbing message to us, in plain text, 
over the public internet. It's ours (and whoever is sniffing our mail) to 
do with as we please and you can't have it back, so piss off. We won't 
delete it, we will publish it, we will forward it, and there is nothing 
you can do about it. Go ahead, take us to court, but try to find a shred 
of legal precedent first, ok?

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