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Raise your hand if you have accidentally sent personal or sensitive information to the wrong person.
That’s possibly how Goldberg ended up in the incredibly sensitive chat.
Waltz selected his spokesperson to add, but the number chosen was Goldberg’s.
When I read this I had a shudder of recognition.
Our contact systems are smart, fluid, and maybe a bit too fleet-footed at times.
Allow me to unburden myself.
What did I just do?
I didn’t think much of it until my wife quizzed me about the whereabouts of said documents.
Nope, the email showed up in Sent and then I noticed something horrifying.
I had not sent the documents to my wife.
It was a whopper of a mistake not national security level, but still big in my world.
It was not my best moment, and I again had a twinge of empathy for Waltz.
But they’re also a little dangerous.
You might only have an email address.
Maybe only a first name.
You might get a new number for a contact and add that.
It’s no wonder I don’t know the difference between known and unknown numbers.
I cannot afford to (again ) accidentally send sensitive info to the wrong place.
AI to the rescue?
Here’s a place where AI can help.
I could always add in others I need, but I do it without Gmail helpfully autocompleting them.
Compile the list, double-check it against your contact database, and then check it again.
Or you send a private email to someone who should never receive it.
