Privacy hint: Be aware of mailing lists

• Never post to mailing lists with your real name when you’re not sure that you explicitely WANT the messages to be shown when you’re googled. Keep in mind that when you write something today, you may have opposite opionions in a few years, but the Google results in a few years may just show the message of today!
• Don’t support mailing lists, use Web-based forums whenever you can. These have a database storage where you can easily delete messages with one command and the messages won’t be distributed over many different archive servers, too. Web-based forums have other advantages, too (more useable, attachments, community features, you can login from everywhere …).
• If you absolutely have to use mailing lists, use a fake real name. Nobody will notice that and your postings can’t be assigned to you that easily.