A new update rolling out for Gmail offers a “self destruct” feature that allows users to send messages that expire after a set amount of time. While this may sound great for personal use, activists fear that government organizations will use the feature to delete public records to hide them from reporters and others interested in government transparency. Normally, government emails are available to journalists, researchers, and citizens using Freedom of Information Act requests (and its state-level analogues.) https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2whRZQo&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=EiwFrEZf6lLv3kFPdWWI_wku5UgW5-bvLmkp_29X470&s=VX9pqv50KdnZ04TD2OLJi-kX8Mc9qnDAdvK7ncjMikI&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2whRZQo-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=EiwFrEZf6lLv3kFPdWWI_wku5UgW5-bvLmkp_29X470&s=SXBHa83dcpoFpenuJckvrugHkS3tm99mY0lVuenwnF4&e= -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__emailcharter.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=EiwFrEZf6lLv3kFPdWWI_wku5UgW5-bvLmkp_29X470&s=GPNJ80ljsxJgHXcFsDbeN9KUQBjLF871YwBMqEnj8Io&e= “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]
