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In Mississippi, Gov't Text Messages Are Officially Public Records
New submitter Chris Elkins (3620071) writes "Text messages [by public officials about government business] are now officially considered public records. An investigative reporter fought for access to what he believed were public records. He took his fight to the state and won. Mississippi open government and transparency advocates view this unanimous commission opinion as precedent-setting for all government bodies and public officials in the state."
In other news, sales of low-end prepaid phones in MS strangely doubled in recent days.
The political class is adept at skirting these laws and going unpunished.
Anthony Weiner would like to have a word with you. I also think he has some pictures you might find interesting.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
I take it you're unaware that the Mayor of Tupelo (who was trying to conceal his text messages from the press) is a Democrat?
"I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
old 49-states quote. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
The only viable alternative would be to explicitly require that government personnel use only government supplied mechanisms during performance of their appointed duties. If a government official is discussing government business, We The People have a right to know everything (unclassified) which is said by our government officials regarding the conduct of our government's business. Either use government supplied resources (neatly avoiding privacy issues) or get used to the fact that any public inquiry can reasonably be expected to expose more than public information to public scrutiny.
If the work is done for the agency, then it's public record.
This is why I don't use my personal devices for any government business.
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Then there's Greg Davis, former (R) Mayor of Southaven, who got caught racking up thousands of taxpayer dollars to take his secret boyfriend on trips and buy dildos in Canada. You can't make this shit up.
Thanks to the War on Drugs, it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy cold medicine!
He's a master baiter!
Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the fish, and please tip your waitress...
So you simply order users of phones under the scheme to once a week mail the backup to a central database.
Also via the billing info it would be reasonably easy to see if someone has deleted messages.
Put some hefty penalties on non-compliance and you don't even need to call the NSA (or Snowden who might be less bureaucratic) for a copy.
"The likes of Facebook and WhatsApp are free to those whose privacy is of zero value."
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