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Re:Ask HN: Google Doc email virus? by fastest963 on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @10:45PM (#14262032)
Why didn't they just send the email to the recipient? What does the BCC add in this context?
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Re:Ask HN: Google Doc email virus? by thehappy on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @10:55PM (#14262074)
BCC recipients can't see (or contact) each other to mitigate the spread. If you look at the source code, it BCCs 99 contacts from the infected account per message.
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