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Re:Slack was hacked by jacquesm on Friday March 27, 2015 @02:09PM (#9278036)
Is there a good reason to keep chat data longer than it takes to deliver it to the recipient?
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Re:Slack was hacked by buttsex on Friday March 27, 2015 @02:16PM (#9278088)
They archive chat messages so that you can search through them later.
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Re:Slack was hacked by jacquesm on Friday March 27, 2015 @02:16PM (#9278094)
That alone would be a great reason not to use them.
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Re:Slack was hacked by LaurentVB on Friday March 27, 2015 @02:51PM (#9278312)
It's also a great reason to use them, isn't it? Your searchable chat history basically becomes the knowledge base of your company.
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Re:Slack was hacked by gaadd33 on Friday March 27, 2015 @04:44PM (#9278874)
And a great target for discovery in any sort of lawsuit.
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Re:Slack was hacked by brandon272 on Friday March 27, 2015 @08:34PM (#9279945)
As is email.
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Re:Slack was hacked by ncza on Friday March 27, 2015 @08:33PM (#9279942)
To me, that is something that you should keep internal, on internal systems with vetted free software.
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Re:Slack was hacked by jsmeaton on Friday March 27, 2015 @08:12PM (#9279866)
https://slack.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203457187-Settin...

It's configurable for paid accounts, and can be set as low as one day. However, one of the best features of slack (and products like slack) is message history and search. Otherwise, IRC isn't all that different (WRT messaging).

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Re:Slack was hacked by brackin on Friday March 27, 2015 @04:37PM (#9278833)
It's why I love Slack. If I remember a conversation about something two months ago I go to the room, search and find exactly what I needed.
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