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Court To Reconsider Decision On ISP Mail Snooping

Posted by timothy on from the that's-nice dept.

thpr writes "In June, Slashdot reported that ISPs can read email (according to a decision by the 1st circuit court of appeals). In short, the court felt it was not a violation of U.S. wiretap laws. Last month, the Justice Department asked for the full court to reconsider the decision. C-Net now reports that the court will 'reconsider its June 29 decision'. Arguments are scheduled for Dec 8."

3 of 186 comments (clear)

  1. Well, if they want to snoop... by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 5, Funny

    All they need is to declare that the FBI is an ISP... Voilà, problem solved!

  2. There's an issue here? by CSG_SurferDude · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's an issue here?

    I read my users' email all the time, to, uh, ummmmm, help tune my, um, spam filters.

    Yeah, that's it, to tune my spam filters.

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    LongTail SSH Brute Force analysis tool is here!

  3. Read my mail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm going to email myself the Goatse image 1000times/day from now on so whenever they read my email they get my opinions stated to them bluntly.