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And again the only thing everybody is shocked about is that Chevron can get email metadata of Americans! This stuff should be protected under secrecy of corres
by yread 13y ago
And again the only thing everybody is shocked about is that Chevron can get email metadata of Americans!
This stuff should be protected under secrecy of correspondence for all the people. Besides, it's the metadata of lawyers of the opposing party - they themselves are responsible for protecting it - they can't talk to anybody about what their clients told them and Chevron can just get it like that?!
- mitchty 13y agoIts shocking for americans because they're american. Much like the NSA scandal is shocking for europeans because they're europeans. I think you're applying a causation without correlation here. Under what conditions/preconditions should things be protected under "secrecy of correspondence for all the people"? Note I don't necessarily disagree, but there are multiple competing interests here and I don't always think that the idea of secret communication overrides societal benefits to being able to view things that aren't attempted to be secret.