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Supreme Court Says Gov't Employee Texts Not Private

Posted by timothy on from the where-to-draw-the-line dept.

e9th writes "The Supreme Court, in a 9-0 ruling, has decided that government employers are entitled to examine all text messages sent with government-provided devices, even if the employee has agreed to pay for any excess message charges out of his own pocket. While the ruling only applies to government employees (at all levels), it may give private sector employees something to think about when using employer-provided devices."

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  1. Credit Cards by mikem01 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There were some useful pointers which I will definitely bear in mind for use next time. Thanks for sharing! Credit Cards

  2. What about foreign languages? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What would you do if you find that an employee sent this text?

    Devuwka, davai traxaemsya posle poboti. Ya v 4etirex budu za kinozalem gde naxoditsya eti broshyuri v yawchikax. Bud tam ili...

    What language is it? What does it say? How easy is it to find speakers of this language who know the textspeak version of it to translate for you. It is not that hard for a group of people to learn a foreign language well enough to use it for their own secret messages. pick something less common and distant from English like Turkish or Kiswahili