why even use BYU email?
On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 03:44 PM, Michael Halcrow wrote:
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 02:50:05PM -0700, Nathan Given wrote:What about the issue of property? I don't own the BYU Email server... are
they allowed to view email messages on a server that they own?
Businesses also... businesses are allowed to view their employees' email
(this is my understanding anyway)... aren't they allowed to do this because
they own the servers?
(I know it's a privacy issue...but there is the other side of ownership
also).
BYU's right to ownership does not supercede my right to privacy. If I use their restrooms, I have a legal right to not be videotaped by BYU just because I am using their porcelain thrones. A landlord cannot install a hidden camera in the bedroom of a tenant, and then pull the argument ``aren't I allowed to view the actions of tenants while they are in an apartment that I own?'' Just because I am using your property does not give you a carte blanche to monitor whatever I do in whatever way you see fit.
We should not be so quick to turn on our backs and let the owners of e-mail servers do whatever they feel like with our personal information. Practically speaking, this can best be accomplished with encryption (which was mentioned previously on this thread), but I will do my best to avoid using servers that publish the fact that they regularly monitor and read my personal e-mail messages.
Mike
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