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ho@cs.arizona.edu (Hilarie Orman) writes:

>In article <1992Dec14.133030.804@ualr.edu>, lindstrom@acs.harding.edu
>writes: 
>|> As for the phone, it is also for business. ...  if
>|> someone is making personal long distance calls, that's taking money
>|> from our already small budget and I want to know.

>The analogy with computer use rights would be if concern for
>enforcement extended to monitoring employee phone calls and turning
>over any suspicious information to the police.  Certainly this has
>been done in some places, and I imagine sometimes this has raised
>civil rights issues that go beyond the ownership of the telephone.

<sigh>

I suggest that some of the folks in this discussion *read* the applicable
sections of ECPA. It's *quite* clear on this. If you stumble across
something during your regular duties, you can (and should) report it.

On the other hand, it is *illegal* to turn over info found be *deliberate*
snooping. Yes, that's right. If you are snooping and find evidence of
something illegal, *you* can be sued if you reveal it to anyone!

This still leaves room for abuse, but you have to *work* at it.

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