Later, Facebook inadvertently exposed users to the private chats of other users for a couple hours.

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Finally, this week, Facebook inadvertently exposed users to the private chats of other users for a couple hours.

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Offensive lineman Alex Boone said Harbaugh has implored him to read the book and team officials say Harbaugh touts it in private chats.

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They got burned a couple times in the past when logs of their private chats with us got leaked to the general public.

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He also was impressed when Mr. Houseman, Red Robin's longest serving senior executive, didn't try to undermine him through private chats with his extensive company network.

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But true office Machiavellis will be pleased to learn that private chats are also possible, since the software can work out who is within earshot of whom, and will transmit sound only to those who should be able to hear it.

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During his trip last week to the Los Angeles meeting of the big-spending afl-cio, where he promised new rules requiring all businesses that contract with the Federal Government to meet fair-labor standards, Gore made time for private chats with two significant Democratic Party supporters: supermarket mogul Ronald Burkle and real estate investor Stanley Hirsh.

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Depending on how many Google products you use, it may have an archive of your searches, your emails, your chats, your phone calls, your documents, your private photos, and your private videos.

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