I cannot believe that you guys are actually trying to defend the invasion of someone's privacy. Is this Bizaro World? What's next? Sam touting the benefits of Obama-care?
BTW - I have seen mailboxes that have an opening to put mail into, but also a door, with a lock, to get it out. Still, lock or not, it is illegal, and I believe a felony, to open someone else's mail. On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's even a bad analogy. The mail box isn't locked and cant be (or how > else does mail get in), while your email is supposed to be secured. If you > want to stick to the snail mail analogy, then maybe a PO box and you leave > your key hanging on the box at the post office. But again, if you don't > secure thing and you leave it wide open, don't be surprised when someone > comes it. Not leaving it secured is akin to putting a neon sign over it and > saying come on in...especially if you are a public figure. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Medic [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 5:54 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Palin email hacking case - guilty! > > > I don't really think comparing it to breaking into a house is a very good > analogy. I think it's probably more accurate to equate it to taking mail out > of someone's mail box. I believe this is a felony. And if someone did it you > would blame the victim by saying "well the mailbox wasn't even locked." > > I think it sucks that some kid who guesses a password gets time, but it's a > crime and a massive, premeditated invasion of privacy. We need to protect > that privacy, especially now as we're losing more and more of it. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317174 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
