Subject: Re: toad.com mailing list postings from possible virus authors From: w8sdz@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil (Keith Petersen - MACA WSMR) Content-Type> : > text> Content-Length: 2643 X-Lines: 59 Status: RO
John, by quoting and reposting without my permission, my private message to you to a public mailing list you have violated the Federal Communications Privacy Act of 1986.
PUBLIC LAW 99-508--OCT. 21, 1986
TITLE II--STORED WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICA- TIONS AND TRANSACTIONAL RECORDS ACCESS
ss. 2702. Disclosure of contents
"(a) Prohibitions.--Except as provided in subsection (b)-- "(1) a person or entity providing an electronic communication service to the public shall not knowingly divulge to any person or entity the contents of a communication while in electronic storage by that service; and "(2) a person or entity providing remote computing service to the public shall not knowingly divulge to any person or entity the contents of any communication which is carried or maintained on that service-- "(A) on behalf of, and received by means of electronic transmission from (or created by means of computer processing of communications received by means of electronic transmission from), a subscriber or customer of such service; and "(B) solely for the purposed of providing storage or computer processing services to such subscriber or customer, if the provider is not authorized to access the contents of any such communications for purposes of providing any services other than storage or computer processing.
Keith, Maybe you should read more carefully...
"(b) Exceptions.-- A person or entity may divulge the contents of a communication-- "(1) to an addressee or intended recipient of such communication or an agent of such addressee or intended recipient; "(2) as otherwise authorized in section 2516, 2511(2)(1) , or 2703 of this title; "(3) with the lawful consent of the originator or an addressee or intended recipient of such communication, or the subscriber in the case of remote computing service;
I think John is the "intended recipient of such communication" as I am also an "intended recipient" of this communication from you, which I will post to cypherpunks so others can see what kind of person you are. If your intention is to "threaten" with this kind of foolishness, then I must warn you, I consider this type of behavior harassment due to the confrontive nature of your post. Let it go on record that I don't expect to be harassed, intimidated or "threatened" and I think the Internet rules are VERY clear about this type of behavior. Geoff White (GW67) geoffw@nexsys.net