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Re:Not OK, Google by blawson on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:20PM (#12645246)
I definitely worry about my life being affected by situations like this.

I receive a ridiculous amount of other people's email - for serious things like email account reset, to banking info. When the Ashley Madison hack happened, my email address was there multiple times! Imagine if my then-partner had bothered to look, what a mess that would be.

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Re:Not OK, Google by solipsism on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:29PM (#12645341)
Lay down a trail of public comments for plausible deniability. Smart!
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Re:Not OK, Google by jasonkostempski on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @01:19PM (#12645792)
Your current or next partner might not like that you've signed up either :)
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Re:Not OK, Google by jsymolon on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @02:35PM (#12646514)
> for serious things like email account reset, to banking info.

I've called American Express a couple of times to report errant emails with account info ending up in my email. THEY didn't care that one of their customers had an issue, they thought it was a great time to have me fork over MY info "to check".

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