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Ask Slashdot: What Country Has the Best Email Privacy Laws?

Posted by samzenpus on from the spanning-the-globe dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Given all that is going on with the ability of the government to go through my email if it is on a third-party server, I was wondering: what countries have the best privacy laws and what are some good hosts to use? I would rather pay a token fee to have secure private email than have members of the government able to read it as soon as it's 180 days old if I keep it at my email provider."

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  1. "...what countries have the best privacy laws..." by John+Hasler · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Because we all know that all govenments can be trusted to respect such laws when their own interests are at stake.

    If you have secrets that you must protect against goverments why are leaving them (unencrypted, evidently) on third party servers? And why are you discussing that fact on a public forum?

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  2. Re:Best email security laws? by houstonbofh · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Havenco closed in 2008. No sealand hosting now.

  3. For email apply the same laws as for paper mails by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ... at least in germany and most european countries.

    If you want to read them you need a search warrant.

    angel'o'sphere

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