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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Score one for the good guys.

I'm safe!


IReason Magazine - Hit & Run > Saved Email Safe From Unwarranted Police Eyes:
"Searching stored emails does require a warrant, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Monday...

"Email users expect that their Hotmail and Gmail inboxes are just as private as their postal mail and their telephone calls," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "The government tried to get around this common-sense conclusion, but the Constitution applies online as well as offline, as the court correctly found. That means that the government can't secretly seize your emails without a warrant.""

Boing Boing: Email gets fourth amendment protection again:
"The court agreed with an amicus brief filed by EFF attorney Kevin Bankston that people did have a reasonable expectation of privacy on their emails even when not stored on their home systems. This decision will make life far easier for users, and for operators of hosted email services like Google's Gmail."



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