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FBI Accidently Obtains Access to Undisclosed eMail Domain Contents

By DrewWilson

For years, many have been skeptical over exactly how private e-mail really is. While privacy may be a big concern for major eMail services provided by major companies, a recent Freedom of Information Act request by the EFF uncovered an unlawful access to a large amount of email by the FBI The recent revelation won't quiet critics of conventional email, more like give them more ammunition to say that email was never private. According to the report posted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the access was not authorized.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on February 17, 2008 (boomark / email).