CDR: Re: email interception

[dmolnar]

In the United States, this used to be covered under the 1986 Electronic
Communications Privacy Act. Intercepting e-mail was illegal, but there
was a distinction between "communications in transit" and "stored
communications." This distinction had bearing on the difficulty of
obtaining a search warrant; I don't remember if it had bearing on the
penalty as well. 

I wouldn't be surprised if this has changed due to more recent
legislation, however, given recent tendencies of the U.S. Congress.

-David

On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Randy Harris wrote:

> is it illegal to intercept email.........?
> 
> If you don't know could you direct me somewhere that has the answer..?
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> R.
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