Every human being should have a life that is okay for all to know, a life that only a select few should know about, and one that should be kept secret. Even Facebook that wants to know what's on everybody's mind has an audience selector tool, to let you choose who you share with.
For the record, I am not asking anyone to be like Timon of Athens, but if your trust game is so tight that you can read your diary out to anyone, you need to also take into account that the first thing the snake in the grass does is to pretend to be a part of the grass.
Same way, the backstabber will first deprive you of the means or the disposition to harm him by being a friend, then he gets closer to identify your weakness, then exploits that weakness, and then sits back to drink your tears, or worst case your blood.
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