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Lesen: LWN: Email privacy

Ein Artikel über die amerikanische Regierung, die gerne Emails ohne Gerichtsbeschluss lesen möchte. Der Artikel wird aber erst in einer Woche für nichtzahlende Kunden freigeschaltet. Hier ein Auszug:

"Perhaps the most chilling portion of the government's argument is that it didn't even need a subpoena; that the email could be introduced as evidence no matter how it was acquired. Their argument once again rests on the TOS (Terms Of Service) that folks agree to with their email providers (ISPs or on-line services like GMail), which, because it gives the provider the right to look at the email, makes email inherently non-private. So the government can collect it in secret rooms at AT&T and use it as they see fit. That's not quite how they put it in their arguments, but that is the upshot."

Really chilling. Wir sollten uns warm anziehen und unsere Emails verschlüsseln.