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by corin_ 3666 days ago
Most people would consider their possibly/definitely having HIV to be a more personal piece of information than their email address.

If I'd been affected by this Let's Encrypt email thing I frankly wouldn't care, other than to question why it happened. (Just speaking for myself, I'm sure some people would care.) But if I was data in a leak revealing a personal serious medical issue, I absolutely would care.