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by migpwr 5947 days ago
Great bit from the article:

"If they decide to sue, they get to look through your email records (it's called "discovery"). Then they have 100 emails you sent during work hours. You lose."

Weird. I submitted this article but my submission has now disappeared and it's now on front page under bhousel? Probably just a coincidence?
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bhousel 5947 days ago
Maybe we both submitted, but yours had a slightly different URL?

I've noticed that when I click on links from a feed reader, it adds a bunch of params to the end of the URL. I always strip off the extra stuff and submit only the base URL.

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migpwr 5947 days ago
Yeah, maybe, but it's completely gone from my submissions list. No biggie. I think it's a great article and HN seems to agree.

allenbrunson: That's definitely it. I didn't know it behaved that way. I'm a little disappointed that it wasn't something more sinister... muhahaha muhahaha!! Oh well. Good info. Thanks!

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allenbrunson 5947 days ago
sounds to me like you hit the dupe detector. if you submit a URL that has already been submitted, news.yc takes you to the previous submission and votes it up on your behalf.
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byrneseyeview 5947 days ago
They get to look through your personal emails?
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apr 5947 days ago
Sure,

<quote> Under the law of the United States, civil discovery is wide-ranging and can involve any material which is relevant to the case... </quote>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_(law)

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skmurphy 5947 days ago
They can review any e-mail communication that was addressed to or from your corporate account. This is also true if they are sued by a third party.
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