[Fwd: [p2p-research] Slashdot | Federal Judge Says E-mail Not Protected By 4th Amendment]

[J.A. Terranson]

On Fri, 30 Oct 2009, Europus wrote:

> StealthMonger wrote:
> > "J.A. Terranson" <measl at mfn.org> writes:
> > 
> > > I wonder what would happen to people like myself, who are both the ISP and
> > > the "account holder"?  It would appear this is fertile grounds for
> > > throwing a rock in the gears.
> > 
> > Or people who just take incoming mail straight to their site by SMTP.
> > It's not even necessary to "be an ISP".
> > 
> > Or who encrypt the mail.
> > 
> > Where should the rock be thrown?
> 
> Into a safety deposit box which the judge is then beaten with.
> They still need a subpoena to open one of those, don't they?

Not in the UK they dont. 

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