TK0JUT2@netsys.NETSYS.COM (10/06/90)
At Northern Illinois University, it requires a warrant to snoop about in somebody's files (whether e-mail or general files), and a snoopee is required to be notified of potential snooping *prior* mucking about. Maybe Mike Godwin can clarify the law on this point if he's still around (congrats on the Cambridge position, Mike!).....
mnemonic@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Godwin) (10/07/90)
In article <189@netsys.NETSYS.COM> niu.bitnet!TK0JUT2@netsys.NETSYS.COM writes: >At Northern Illinois University, it requires a warrant to snoop about in >somebody's files (whether e-mail or general files), and a snoopee is required >to be notified of potential snooping *prior* mucking about. Maybe Mike Godwin >can clarify the law on this point if he's still around (congrats on the >Cambridge position, Mike!)..... I believe such a warrant is required as a matter of federal law in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, but I can't check until I get my books shipped up to Cambridge from Austin. Sharon Beckman has discussed this somewhat on the Well, as I recall. I try to be accurate on these things, but without my lawbooks I'm reduced to my somewhat addled memory. --Mike -- Mike Godwin, (617) 864-0665 |"If the doors of perception were cleansed mnemonic@well.sf.ca.us | every thing would appear to man as it is, Electronic Frontier | infinite." Foundation | --Blake