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		tehwalrus on Feb 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do self-respecting hackers use Gmail & Co? In the UK you are legally responsible to save all mail forever (if you run your own mailserver), in case the police want to search it. For this reason alone I never use my own mailserver - my content is actually MORE deniable this way.

gst on Feb 5, 2012 [–]

According to Wikipedia that is wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_data_retenti...

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