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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."

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  1. Kind of link not having curtains by stecoop · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I would tend to agree with this ruling. I believe that an individual should protect her property as it's kind of like leaving a sofa on the curb not expecting it to be removed or like not having curtains on your windows and expecting people to not look in as the drive by. The property owner of the email should be protecting it via encryption or its there for anyone to read.

    I like double rot-13; if it is encrypted and someone cracks it than I guess you should find a better encryption algorithm.