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Telephone conversations between two individuals are considered "private". Private is the opposite of public, not a synonym of "personal secret".
by jessriedel 10y ago
Telephone conversations between two individuals are considered "private". Private is the opposite of public, not a synonym of "personal secret".
- SomeStupidPoint 10y agoBut emails stored on, eg Gmail are not. I think this has more in common with that case -- where it's being maintained as a business record -- than a phone call. Also, if the party you're on the phone with (legally) records the call, the courts can subpoena it. Why would this be different, even granting the (I think) inaccurate phone analogy?
- jessriedel 10y agoGmail is private too. You need a warrant, just like a telephone call.
- SomeStupidPoint 10y agoBut... They have a warrant. Amazon is arguing that they don't have to turn over information in response to the warrant.
- jessriedel 10y agoYes, and Amazon's argument is more detailed than "it's private". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13714797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13714797