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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.'"

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  1. Here's a comes a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling by HangingChad · · Score: 0, Troll

    The right wingers on the Supreme Court never met an unreasonable search. I'm sure this will be another 5-4 neocon split.

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