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"God who creates and is nature is very difficult to understand, but he is not arbitrary or malicious." OR "God does not play dice." - Einstein
Originally posted by Helen Thomas:
I see you've been asking this question "Why are Macs better than
PCs?" in at least four blogs and other forums.
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Originally posted by Unnsse Khan:
How is "e-mail" considered public? Do you mean hackers intercepting it using packet sniffing? Or do you mean that the person you e-mail it to can print it out or forward it to other people?
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Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
While it is generally illegal to read someone else's mail, that doesn't prevent someone from posting your writings on the web etc. And it doesn't matter much if that someone gets fined for what he did -- once it's public, it's public.
Le Cafe Mouse - Helen's musings on the web - Java Skills and Thrills
"God who creates and is nature is very difficult to understand, but he is not arbitrary or malicious." OR "God does not play dice." - Einstein
I guess it depends on the legislation. In Finland, it is illegal for an employer to read an employee's private email from her inbox or from the server logs (in practice, the employer is expected to recognize from the message's subject whether it's private or not). The same goes with publishing a private email exchange -- if you do it, you risk being litigated against in court.Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
I don't actually think there are any such laws, but regardless: first, yes, it can be intercepted, but more importantly, the recipient can share it, and the recipient's employer may own the server it's on and thus has full rights to read, distribute, or otherwise use it.
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Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
I'm not saying this to be cruel, but I'm just taking the opportunity to mention a lesson that everyone who uses the Internet needs to learn: email, Usenet, and forums like JavaRanch are public. Don't do anything electronically that you wouldn't do in the middle of a public square. Be kind to people. Be honest. Be helpful. Be decent. Be smart.
Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
Obviously I can't read Ernest's mind, but I believe he is referring to the fact that the email you send is traveling through dozens of servers along the way unencrypted and can be picked up by anyone with access (legitimate or not) to those servers. While it is generally illegal to read someone else's mail, that doesn't prevent someone from posting your writings on the web etc. And it doesn't matter much if that someone gets fined for what he did -- once it's public, it's public.
Originally posted by Helen Thomas:
Do e-mails ever get lost or is the infamous excuse "the cheque's in the post"
now definitely unusable ? i.e. e-mails have a higher reliability.
Originally posted by Joe King:
This is probably one of the main reasons why MD had a lot of agro a while back - people were saying things that they probably wouldn't say if having a face-to-face conversation in public. Writing posts as if you are in a public place is not just good for stopping you look silly, but good for encouraging civil interaction.
Originally posted by Joe King:
As you can't specify the route that an email takes when going from A to B, you've got no idea which countries its gone through on the way. Who knows what the email privacy rules are in Syria? Its probably also a good practice to ensure that your current employer can see every web page you look at, every post made on a forum and every email sent..... Big Brother* is watching you!
* No, not the crud tv show, but a Stalinesque Orwell character.
Le Cafe Mouse - Helen's musings on the web - Java Skills and Thrills
"God who creates and is nature is very difficult to understand, but he is not arbitrary or malicious." OR "God does not play dice." - Einstein
Originally posted by Helen Thomas:
Do e-mails ever get lost or is the infamous excuse "the cheque's in the post"
now definitely unusable ? i.e. e-mails have a higher reliability.
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