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Limited Email Surveillance Approved
MrNougat writes "CNet reports that some surveillance of your email has been permitted by U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan in Washington, D.C., without first requiring any evidence of wrongdoing. Curiously: 'instead of asking to eavesdrop on the contents of the e-mail messages, which would require some evidence of wrongdoing, prosecutors [of the US Justice Dept.] instead requested the identities of the correspondents. Also included in the request was header information like date and time and Internet address--but not subject lines.'"
Everyday I feel more like I'm Chinese....
Yea innocent people should have nothing to hide!
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http://www.workingforchange.com/comic.cfm?itemid=
to see if his girlfriend is talking to other guys.
You're semi-free.
You're quasi-free.
You're the margarine of free.
You're the Diet Coke of free.
Just one calorie, not free enough!
Not me! I encrypt all my headers, too!
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The e-mail doesn't really go anywhere. But Boy is it secure!
Ok - after some time spent researching this phrase, I think I'm able to translate this analogy for my fellow average slashdot readers. What he's trying to say is, it's "tantamount to downloading hentai in your open front doorway."
Proud neuron in the Slashdot hivemind since 2002.