🚀 go-pugleaf

On 28 May 1999, Daniel Grimwood wrote:

I think we are forgetting how insecure a medium email is. It is not
difficult for ANYONE to read other peoples email. If the govornment really
cared about something they can monitor it just like anybody can monitor my
email (though I'd be quite flattered to think that anybody wanted to read
my rather boring mail). So even now, of you want your details of your
filthy weekend to stay private, I suggest you get an encryption program

Cheers,

Dave

> In aus.org.efa Rod Speed <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > yvonne <ycooke@enter.net.au> wrote:
> >> But he says some e-mails, for example those sent to a group,
> >> would not be regarded as normal e-mails under the new legislation
> >> and therefore could be illegal." (copied from ABC site)
> 
> > Nothing like what Dan was saying about snooping on all email.
> 
> To quote myself, "... email to a group of your mates ...".
> The ting is that the government has failed to define what a "group" is,
> and even then they say it is just an example, implying there are other
> types of email which would not be regarded as normal e-mails.  They are
> being deliberately ambiguous about it all.
> 
> Also, how do they tell whether you have sent an email to a group, or sent
> lots of emails to different people in quick succession?  They will have to
> compare the documents; even if it is just the size of the documents, it
> is an invasion of privacy.
> 
> Daniel.
> 
> 

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