17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Al Billings writes:
Hasn't happened yet and the ECPA was passed in what? 1986? I really doubt if a BBS sysop is going to get nailed over someone's view of e-mail on their system.
There's a new consciousness of ECPA thanks in part to the efforts of EFF and to Steve Jackson's successful ECPA case. But, Al, the issue is less whether a particular sysop is going to be prosecuted under ECPA than it is whether that sysop's conduct is *both* legal and ethical. Even if a sysop's policies fit within ECPA exceptions, it's dishonest to justify such policies in terms of risks that don't exist. There is no documented risk that a sysop will be at greater legal liability if he or she allows encrypted mail. --Mike