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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] Non-unique UIDs
From:       Reinhold Kainhofer <reinhold () kainhofer ! com>
Date:       2004-09-26 13:07:33
Message-ID: 200409261507.38251.reinhold () kainhofer ! com
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On Sunday 26 September 2004 14:49, Jan de Visser wrote:
> Sure it is. But that's not the point. The point is that you can't be sure
> 'beyond a reasonable doubt', which makes the information as good as
> useless, since the only scenarios Reinhold mentioned were (pseudo-) legal
> ones.
>
> Unless, of course, someone can give me a real-life example of someone's
> privacy being compromised and exploited in a non-legal sense because of
> this. I can't think of one, however.

The example I brought about an event generated on your home computer during 
your work time. Of course, that won't stand in court, but your boss will 
still get suspicious, and find a way to fire you...

Or, you're doing everything to get your immediate boss fired and become the 
boss of your working group yourself. You plan everything, including a group 
meeting to "discuss the future of the working group", where you hope that 
you'll become the boss of the workign group. If you send the event out with 
the information that you created the meeting event before your immediate boss 
was actually fired, your co-worker might get quite a clear picture.
Of course, If you need to resolve to such intrigues, you probably deserve to 
be fired, anyway.

I can think of similar situations where the generation date reveals that you 
had some insider-information (e.g. if your company is competing for a 
contract), which you get you into real trouble. Again, this won't stand in 
court, but it's hardly ever the criminal punishment that hurts you and your 
company most...

Reinhold

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