[VM] Email dangers portrayed in media

[Uday Reddy]

The BBC has made a brilliant series called the "The Thick of It", a
political satire dealing with British politics and how the politicians
interact with the media.

The Series 4, Episode 5, which can be viewed online till the 3rd November:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nh8dd/The_Thick_of_It_Series_4_Episode_5/

has a brilliant segment dealing with how the stupid email reply conventions
used by Outlook-users (and now Thunderbird-users) can get people into
trouble by exposing information that should have been private.  You will
enjoy watching it.  

I also know instances at work where this kind of thing has gotten people
into serious trouble.  Somebody should make a law prohibiting the so-called
"top-posting style" of replies.  But, the public doesn't yet know that all
this happens just because of the idiocy of the tech people.

Cheers,
Uday

PS. You can find the entire Series 4 here:

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qgrd/episodes/guide#p00wsskg

(6 days left to watch).