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I had mark@apple.com during my time there, accidentally got added to one of the exec’s threads from Tim and felt pretty silly (and didn’t read anything in that thread, couldn’t delete it fast enough, had to email Tim to explain)


There are a lot of stories like this where people accidentally get emails and then not read them. Why wouldn't you read the email?


Because that’s the story you hear. The story that happened might be different.


I don’t want to know things I’m not supposed to know. There’s no benefit to having that information. I’m not going to blackmail someone with it. I can’t profit over it. Better to delete immediately.


I loved my job at Apple and I don’t know what level of surveillance they have on the work computers. It’s just absolutely not worth the risk.


What possible upside is there to reading it? The potential downside is getting fired. I’d delete it too


Really feels like the sender should be the one at risk and not the receiver.


One reason: everything is insider trading.




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