Re: [offtopic] Funny footer (was: Replacing Yocto with Guix kernel image builds: best practices)

[Josh Marshall <joshua.r.marshall.1991@gmail.com>]

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Yeah, I noticed this, too but wasn't going to say anything.  That footer is
outlandish.  I think you ought to nix the whole thing.

On Sun, May 17, 2020, 09:29 Dmitry Alexandrov <dag@gnui.org> wrote:

> My apologies to Guix devs for offtopic (I hope adding an appropriate tag
> to subject is enough not to disturb those who do not want to be disturbed),
> but I could not pass this by:
>
> Trevor Lee <begleybrothers@gmail.com> wrote:
> >    1. *The content of this email is confidential and intended for the
> recipient specified in message only.
>
> Nope, youʼve sent it to a public mailing list. ;-)
>
> And even if put this mistake aside:
>
> >    It is strictly forbidden to share any part of this message with any
> third party, without a written consent of the sender.
>
> By whom?  Is there anyone, who is capable of ‘strictly forbidding’ me (or
> anyone else) to do anything?  I would suggest you to revise the wording.
>
> >    If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message
> and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not
> occur in the future.*
>
> While this is undoubtedly formulated better, it contradicts with the
> normal workflow of most people: they could either reply to the letter
> (often citing the enough context) and store it in their archive forever
> along with their reply, or trash it.
>
> >    2. *This message has been sent as a part of discussion between Begley
> Brothers Inc. and the addressee whose name is specified above. Should you
> receive this message by mistake, we would be most grateful if you informed
> us that the message has been sent to you. In this case, we also ask that
> you delete this message from your mailbox, and do not forward it or any
> part of it to anyone else. Thank you for your cooperation and
> understanding.*
>
> Are not you repeating yourself?
>
> >    3. *Begley Brothers Inc. puts the security of the client at a high
> priority. Therefore, we have put efforts into ensuring that the message is
> error and virus-free. Unfortunately, full security of the email cannot be
> ensured as, despite our efforts, the data included in emails could be
> infected, intercepted, or corrupted.
>
> Sure, perfect secrecy / security cannot be achieved.  But, for instance,
> signing and encrypting your mail sufficiently lower the chances that it
> would be tampered with and read by adversary third party respectively.
>
> Unfortunately, you neither sign your mail, nor I can find your key to send
> you an encrypted one: it is not published neither at open keyserver network
> (for now represented by keyserver.ubuntu.com), neither at proprietary
> keys.openpgp.org.  And gmail.com, of course, does not provide
> webkey-directory, let aside DANE.
>
> >    Therefore, the recipient should check the email for threats with
> proper software, as the sender does not accept liability for any damage
> inflicted by viewing the content of this email.*
>
> It seems, that you have really decided to scare all your clients off. :-)
>

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