EFF Warns That Email Privacy Is In Jeopardy

MojoKid writes with this excerpt from HotHardware: "According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a dangerous legal precedent has just been set that can potentially unravel existing federal privacy protections for e-mail and Internet usage. The alert from the EFF is not just to sound a general warning, but it also takes the form of an Amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief, filed with the federal 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, asking for the court's legal finding to be overturned... The findings of this case could become the foundation of a legal precedent upon which other similar cases can subsequently be based. If that were to be the case, then the unauthorized retrieving of e-mails from an e-mail server would not be considered a violation of the federal Wiretap Act, which will then open the door for government-sponsored snooping."

Comments

Re:Privacy?

[cayenne8]

"I mean you can hide one of those 4gb Micro SD cards just about anywhere, resistant even to a strip search. I mean, who's going to check the inside of your pee hole?"

Not to worry citizen, the govt. in all its wisdom and foresight, has thought of this eventuallity, and is currently working on different methods....some are a bit more painful than others, but, you needn't worry about that.

Of course, they will use the proper method based on the situation.

EOM

What is the point of complaining?

[st33med]

Why do people complain when people's privacy is being invaded by the NSA? It is not like they care about your love life, your favorite recipe, tax returns, etc. They want to keep this nation SAFE from terrorists.