11th Circuit Eliminates 4th Amend. In E-mail

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @01:34AM from the well-that's-not-very-good dept.

Artefacto writes "Last Thursday, the Eleventh Circuit handed down a Fourth Amendment case, Rehberg v. Paulk, that takes a very narrow view of how the Fourth Amendment applies to e-mail. The Eleventh Circuit held that constitutional protection in stored copies of e-mail held by third parties disappears as soon as any copy of the communication is delivered. Under this new decision, if the government wants get your e-mails, the Fourth Amendment lets the government go to your ISP, wait the seconds it normally takes for the e-mail to be delivered, and then run off copies of your messages."

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the fall of sadham & gonorrhea by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-16 01:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

we have no secrets, we tell each other everything, about the.... (thanks carly).
several of the manuals (as well as (exploding) mountains of physical evidence) would indicate that the big flash is at hand.
never a better time to consult with/trust in your creators, as there is nowhere left to hide. look for the light/truth. you'll find/feel it. see you on the other side of it?