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25 Jan 2007, 02:13 PM | #1 |
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comply to Home Land Security?
FM is owned by Australian company BUT since servers are
located in US if the policemen from Home Land Security wants to read my email then the FM needs to comply with US Law? My guess is YES, FM will hand over all my email from girlfriends to them. |
25 Jan 2007, 02:59 PM | #2 | |
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Re: comply to Home Land Security?
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PS: Unless you are a threat to the security of the United States I very much doubt they will be at all interested in reading your mail. |
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25 Jan 2007, 03:50 PM | #3 | |
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Re: Re: comply to Home Land Security?
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" Don't Write Anything You can't Write On The Postcard..." thanks for your info! |
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25 Jan 2007, 04:18 PM | #4 |
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26 Jan 2007, 03:31 AM | #5 |
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They must be some pretty hot girlfriends if homeland security is interested in em.
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26 Jan 2007, 02:57 PM | #6 | |
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Re: comply to Home Land Security?
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One, is FM obligated to abide by US law? Absolutely it is. But the second question is even more important. Laws of the United States and the powers a department of the federal government claims are not necessarily in sync at all times. Abiding by the law is not the same as succumbing to every request from a police department. Thirdly, there are ways for the government to see your email, however, the legality of the way such information is obtained can be and is regularly challenged in court, and if deemed to have been obtained illegally or in violation of the Constitution, they have to be thrown out. |
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6 Feb 2007, 06:35 PM | #7 |
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What about other countries? what if the authorities in my country (Israel) obtain a court order (or whatever it's called) from an Israeli court that allows them to read my mail.
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6 Feb 2007, 07:03 PM | #8 | |
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12 Feb 2007, 04:50 AM | #9 |
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These issues have been discussed before:
http://www.emaildiscussions.com/show...0030#post90030 http://www.emaildiscussions.com/show...279#post132279 |
18 Feb 2007, 09:13 AM | #10 |
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"all my email from girlfriends"
I would be worried about "homeland security" too as in; "the wife". |