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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. 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. Re:Kind of link not having curtains by garcia · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The property owner of the email should be protecting it via encryption or its there for anyone to read.

    Laws like the ones are talking about will eventually cause the population to do exactly that but it's not exactly as if the criminals weren't doing that already.

    You will be labelled a traitor if you protect yourself and [tinfoil warning] you could eventually be held against your will for crimes against the government for protecting your personal privacy [/tinfoil].

    Remember that anyone who encrypts their email obviously has something to hide and doesn't support their government and their own freedom!

  3. 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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  4. email should have the same standard by SpamKu · · Score: 5, Insightful

    of privacy as phones.

    why sould it be that once I use a computer and/or the internet I must see my rights go down the tubes?

    Hopefully, this is part of the reason why the Court is reconsidering its decision

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  5. Seems to me... by xstonedogx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...using the wire-tapping law seems like trying to fit an oblong peg into a round hole. Close, but no dice.

    The solution here is either to encrypt your email or to create a new law specifically forbidding ISPs from reading your email.

    I prefer the former method to the latter. Laws forbidding an ISP from reading your email don't protect your email. They can act as a deterrent, but first you have to find out it occured, and then you have to prosecute. And then your email has already been read.