[Another reason to embrace Linux/SSH/PGP)
The privacy of Internet e-mail
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| A U.S. appeals court in Ohio has ruled that e-mail messages stored
| on Internet servers are protected by the Constitution as are
| telephone conversations and that a federal law permitting warrantless
| secret searches of e-mail violates the Fourth Amendment.
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| [...]
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| The USA Patriot Act broke down the wall between intelligence and
| law enforcement. Criminal prosecutors can now share information
| with the intelligence side of the house,' he said.
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http://news.monstersandcritics.com/intelandterror/article_1320410.php/The_privacy_of_Internet_e-mail
Politicos demand NSA spy program documents
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| Of particular concern to some members are conflicting reports that
| have recently surfaced about the department's own views on the
| legality of the so-called "terrorist surveillance program." During
| a Senate appearance last year, Attorney General Attorney Gonzales
| indicated there was no dispute within the department that the
| wiretapping regime was within the law, but former Deputy Assistant
| Attorney General James Comey told politicians at a hearing last
| month that there was actually "substantial disagreement" on that
| front, Specter said.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9732850-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Related:
James Allchin
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| In relation to the issue of sharing technical API and protocol
| information used throughout Microsoft products, which the
| states were seeking, Allchin alleged that releasing this
| information would increase the security risk to consumers.
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| "It is no exaggeration to say that the national security is
| also implicated by the efforts of hackers to break into
| computing networks. Computers, including many running Windows
| operating systems, are used throughout the United States
| Department of Defense and by the armed forces of the United
| States in Afghanistan and elsewhere."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Allchin
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