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Fourth Amendment Protects Hosted E-mail
Okian Warrior writes "As reported on the EFF website, today the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that the contents of the messages in an email inbox hosted on a provider's servers are protected by the Fourth Amendment, even though the messages are accessible to an email provider. As the court puts it, 'The government may not compel a commercial ISP to turn over the contents of a subscriber's emails without first obtaining a warrant based on probable cause.'"
pig just flew overhead.
Now if only my balls were safe.
I was Freedom Fondled last week. When were you? Remember, it's unpatriotic not to Opt Out!
And when you are standing in the Opt Out Line, make certain to introduce yourself and shake the hand of your fellow Opt Out patriots.
Hoist Number One and Number Six.
Yeah, Nerdlington P. Noogler is going to read through all your correspondence and reveal to all his friends that you are fond of Lol-cats. The horror.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
What would you do
If you were asked to get fondled for freedom?
What would you do
If asked to let your junk take the sacrifice?
Would you think about all them people
Who gave up everything they had?
Would you think about all them flight vets
And would you start to feel bad?
Freedom isn't free
It costs folks like you and me
And if we don't all get fondled
The terrists will win, they will!
Freedom isn't free
No, there's a hefty in' fee.
And if you don't get scanned by the TSA
Who will?
Shoot whoever read your e-mail, whoever didn't protect your e-mail, and while you're at it, anyone on your lawn.
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."