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Even if you are working on something that is not security/negotiation sensitive, this is still scary, and the layman can approximate it with Google docs document history and the like.

Document history enables thoughtcrime detection, especially as it becomes more and more atomic towards actual keystrokes. I wonder how long it will be until typed and deleted text is used as evidence in a court of law.




As I recall the Steve Jobs / Apple wage collusion lawsuit used Steve's auto-saved draft emails to show intent.




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