This article aims to show that if ‘information machines’ re-configure the space of our interpersonal communication, the apparent fluidification of connections is not without hermeneutic consequences, as it involves certain ethical risks relating to the evolution of the feeling of responsibility, to the quality of exchanges and to the respect for individual autonomy. As the risks of computer-mediated communication are difficult to detect and not homogeneous, these technologies need to be evaluated beyond the discourse and the modes of representation that endorse them, and according to the contexts in which they are embedded.