An Inbox Is Not a Glove Compartment

[Disturbing news from the federal courts today][link], as a federal judge ruled that “government can obtain access to a person’s inbox contents without any notification to the subscriber.” which means anyone with a job in government can read your email without telling you.

Analysis at the link above, [here’s a PDF][pdf] of the actual ruling.

[link]: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/02/1411252/An-Inbox-Is-Not-a-Glove-Compartment?from=rss “Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | An Inbox Is Not a Glove Compartment”
[pdf]: http://volokh.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Mosman.pdf “Federal Judge Michael Mosman’s ruling”


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