On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 07:28:59PM -0700, Richard Esplin wrote: > On Wed March 26 2003 17:32, Michael Halcrow wrote: > <snip> > > Also, OIT > > violates your privacy by selectively scanning and reading your > > e-mails, so you may want to consider not using OIT's e-mail services. > > > > Mike > > Where did you hear this? Do you have any evidence? Do they list this policy > anywhere?
http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/10497 Also, whether it's in some sort of policy or not is irrelevant as to whether or not they do it. > And, is there anyone who _doesn't_ selectively scan and read > your email? Yeah. People who respect others' privacy. > Email is a postage card routed through Carnivore, after all. Short of > encryption, isn't this sort of thing expected? That's one of the first steps in taking away the civil liberties of the citizenship of a nation. It's like a boiling a frog. Just get them used to the idea of having their civil liberties encroached upon through routine violation of their privacy; make it the ``sort of thing to be expected'' (in your words). Mike -- ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------ Michael Halcrow | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet Security Research Lab | Dept. of Comp. Science | Brigham Young University Fight mandatory .signature truncation! | Call | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------ GnuPG Keyprint: 05B5 08A8 713A 64C1 D35D 2371 2D3C FDDA 3EB6 601D
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