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DaveAnon

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reply to amigo_boy

Re: Warrants?

When I send you a letter in the post, there are federal protections against third parties being able to intercept it. The Post Office doesn't just say "oh, hey there Big Brother, This dude just sent a letter and it says ..xxxx " - not without Big Brother needing a warrant anyway. (They can get the addresses you send things to without a warrant, though)

The average person treats email as a digital version of snail-mail, with similar perceptions - including an expectation of protections which ought to be there.

The fact that they aren't is a problem.

»ssd.eff.org/your-computer/govt/privacy

amigo_boy

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said by DaveAnon :

When I send you a letter in the post, there are federal protections against third parties being able to intercept it.
I agree. But, like your relationship with a telco, it's modified by public law which creates statutory damages for treating your information in ways defined by that law.

Such statutory moderation of other business relationships don't exist. Maybe they should. But, they don't. For now, if you expect privacy of your email you should use your own local client and encrypt what you expect to be private.

If you don't want to be identified as the owner of an ID posting to forums, don't obtain one (or, use an anonymizing proxy).

Mark

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