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Government Has a Right to Read Your Email?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the no-peeking dept.

gone.fishing writes to tell us that a new lawsuit is challenging the government's right to read your e-mail. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune is reporting that a seller of "natural male enhancement" products sued after a fraud indictment based on evidence gleaned from his electronic mail. Federal prosecutors say they don't need a search warrant to read your e-mail messages if those messages happen to be stored in someone else's computer."

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  1. In Other News by Aqua_boy17 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just read that the President wants to increase the size of the military in Iraq. Maybe someone should tell him about this "natural male enhancement" so we can use it there?

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  2. Re:What part of by ArcherB · · Score: 5, Funny

    --> Any message sent across it unencrypted is just as much fair game for prosecutuion as taking a picture of you mooning other cars on the freeway.

    You mean they can get me for that??

    Only if they run the image through their new ass-recognition software.

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  3. Re:What part of by Joebert · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you have a Tattoo on your ass.

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  4. Re:What part of by Lotharus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tattoo isn't a proper noun. Stop using capitalization Improperly.

    Why no, no I don't have anything of value to contribute to this discussion.

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