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Re: discipline and punishment on the Net
On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, John D. Johnson :) wrote:
> On another note, we have several complicating issues concerning our
> privacy on the Net. We use state-owned computers, and whatever information
> we store on them is technically accessible to the state. I would
> appreciate it if the state kept its nose out of my business, but while my
> email is on the server I'm going to expect that it's possible for someone
> else to read it. As soon as it's on my own computer, though, the only way
> that information can be accessed is with my permission or a legitimate
> search warrant.
>
This may be a silly question, but reading John's response got me to
thinking. I have a second account with Interpath (local ISP) in which the
mail is removed from the server as soon as I retrieve it. However, I
believe Interpath's practice is to backup their system nightly and keep
those backups for a certain period of time. Have there been any instances
in which people wanting access to that mail have been allowed to get a
warrant for the backups to see what is there, or am I asking a stupid
question?
(Note to self: quit overtly discussing world domination in my emails to
world leaders. ;)
Stephanie
steph@unc.edu http://blake.oit.unc.edu/~steph/
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