Hallmark e-mail cards are so convenient, aren’t they? With the holidays coming up, what could be easier than a few mouseclicks rather than addressing and licking all of those envelopes. That’s the allure of Hallmark e-mail cards.

Oh yes, Hallmark email cards are great - for the sender. And for Hallmark.

But they are evil for the recipients.

Actually it’s unfair of me to single out Hallmark - it’s true of all online greeting cards, it’s just that Hallmark is the best known.

There are several problems with online greetings cards, some social, some technical, and some privacy related.

First, sending an online greeting cards says, to paraphrase Hallmark’s own slogan, “I’m too lazy to send the very best.”

Second, there is the issue that you are causing to be sent to someone…

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