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To: tobyhill

I think they are right. The HOA I used to be in got in some trouble because they were writing vicious emails back and forth as part of their Board of Director & Architectural Guideline duties, and had to turn those over to the members of the HOA for review.

Also, if someone forwards an email from you, you have no cause for complaint.


73 posted on 04/10/2013 6:45:49 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Liberals are like locusts...)
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To: Mr Rogers
I agree with you on forwarded email. Just as with physical mail, the IRS cannot intercept it in transit - you have the expectation of privacy. But once the recipient receives it, they can do whatever they want with it

I can see someone try to argue that buying the stamp and putting it on the envelope buys you the protection, but that email is free and therefore has no protection. That's a false argument because it is not free. You are still paying a monthly fee to the ISP for the email service, and free emails from Google or Yahoo make up the cost in ad revenue, which would disappear if people felt that their email was not secure.

-PJ

75 posted on 04/10/2013 7:00:56 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Mr Rogers
OTOH...
I frequently forward emails, with and without attachments, and routinely edit in and out, material from the email chain.
So no forwarded emails can be legally considered proof of anything on anyone.
How would you know for certain, based on an email chain?

Obtain a valid search warrant for the original email.
To obtain the warrent, explain the probable cause for the request.
Do you grasp the danger of allowing any element of government to freely access unsecured Internet communications?

Take an axe to your hard drive, or simply leave an obvious example of someone else potentially fraudulently accessing/spoofing your “ private account”.

Damn those hackers...

77 posted on 04/10/2013 7:14:21 PM PDT by sarasmom (The obvious takes longer to discover for the obtuse.)
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