E-mail is no more private than a postcard. Unlike other forms of communication, such as telephone calls, which are protected in the United States under laws like the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 and by similar laws in other countries, e-mail has little similar protection.
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There is no guarantee of e-mail privacy. A message can be intercepted and read as it makes its way over the Internet to its final destination. Consider e-mail as you would ... The safest way to send sensitive or confidential information via e-mail is by using encryption software. ... When you delete a message from your computer,
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Hushmail offers private, secure free email accounts. Email is encrypted and spam/virus scanned. ... Sign up for free secure email ... Keep your email private, everywhere you go.
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Boston Globe correspondent Megan McKee has written this interesting story about a controversy in Rockland. A police lieutenant allegedly revealed the identity of a person who, using an online screen-name, warned about an upcoming police sob...
http://www.massrightsblog.org/2008/10/how-private-is-yo...
In United States v. Councilman, a 1st Circuit panel held that email intercepted contemporaneously with its transmission did not fall under the protections of the Wiretap Act. The case went en banc and an opinion has yet to issue. Orin Kerr ...
http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2005/05/counci...
How do I check for new email? ... Email is not private!!! That is the simple answer. Depending on your email provider, your email is not really your own. Most employers have specific policies on email and can read your email without your knowledge.
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Controversial Government powers to access millions of people's private phone records are set to be extended to email accounts and website records, ministers have said. ... The news means that councils or quangoes could access private email accounts or examine internet phone records to snoop on taxpayers.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2547198/Go... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2547198/Government-wants-powers-to-open-your-private-email-account.html
Today we learned that a left wing nut hacked into Sarah Palin's private - PRIVATE - email account and splashed the contents all over the internet. Gawker is a website without any scruples and is promoting Palin's private information even though it was illegally obtained.
wizbangblog.com/content/2008/09/17/left-wing-hater-hack... wizbangblog.com/content/2008/09/17/left-wing-hater-hacks-into-sarah-palins-private-email-account.php
Reader Jonathan sent us this snazzy graph he made comparing different disposable email services, which got us wondering: What do you use to keep your primary email address out of the public (and spammer's) eye?
lifehacker.com/5306452/how-do-you-keep-your-email-addre... lifehacker.com/5306452/how-do-you-keep-your-email-address-private
Are thses private email and text messaging accounts now going to show up on expense reports? Between the Blackberries and the price of texts we’re talking some real money. Should be good for laughs when that gets out.
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