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Dispute Continues Over Posthumous Yahoo! Mail

Posted by timothy on from the tough-nut-to-crack dept.

XPisthenewNT points out BBC coverage of the earlier-mentioned dispute between Yahoo! and the family of Justin Ellsworth. An excerpt: "Police sergeant John Ellsworth has sparked a privacy debate in the U.S. that has prompted many to reconsider who can access their e-mail. Mr. Ellsworth is locked in a legal fight with Yahoo! after his son, L/Cpl Justin Ellsworth, a U.S. marine serving in Falluja, was killed by a roadside bomb."

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  1. Reminds me... by glrotate · · Score: 4, Funny

    of that comedian joking about not wanting to die because of the dread of his parents finding the "porn wing" of his apartment.

    1. Re:Reminds me... by Dachannien · · Score: 2, Funny

      Of course, that's nothing compared to getting to heaven and having God say, "Do you realize how many kittens I had to kill because of you?!"

  2. Parents... by Sophrosyne · · Score: 2, Funny

    It never ends, even after you're dead.

  3. Re:Sparked a privacy debate in the US? by coulbc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, that's why they make keystroke loggers.
    I mean why wait for "permission".

  4. Re:Post Mail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    remember folks inpostal mail we have the saem rules..
    Its illegaql for a non recipent to view unless recipent gives permission..
    and that is a standard bnoth in USA and Europe..

    Good Lord! Trying fast to get that first post, were you?

  5. Re:I want to take it with me by SlayerofGods · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's why you get a buddy to come over to your apartment after you die and clean out all the porn and drugs you don't want your mom to find when she comes to collect your belongings. ;)

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    Technology, the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
  6. Re:I want to take it with me by archen · · Score: 2, Funny

    and the access methods for them before you die

    Yeah mom, to access my email which is on the same server as my web host, just ssh into port 20002. The username is "xxxx". Password? No, there's no password, you have to use a DSA certificate. It says in the man pages you can use '-i' ....