Student hits 'reply all' and nightmare begins at University of Rhode Island
It's every e-mailer's nightmare ---- to hit the "reply all" button by mistake, broadcasting your personal information for everyone to see. Welcome to Andrew Schicho's world.
This week, the mechanical engineering student at the University of Rhode Island forwarded an e-mail to his mother about an IRS public-service announcement on what was supposed to be a secure listserv. Only problem is his mother's reply was blasted to all the university students on the, as it turns out, unsecured server.
"Unfortunately, or fortunately (however you want to look at it) Daddy makes too much to qualify for anything," his mother replied -- to every student enrolled in the spring semester.
