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Do you have expectation of security if you don't lock your house, then? I'll rephrase it this way - do you expect that no burglar will enter the premises just b

Do you have expectation of security if you don't lock your house, then? I'll rephrase it this way - do you expect that no burglar will enter the premises just because there's a law that says that it's illegal to do so? I didn't meant it's OK to sniff upon anyone's plaintext communications (although I'm unsure whenever prohibiting so is more of a good or bad thing, but let's leave this thought aside). I meant that it's just extremely unwise to expect that nobody but the intended recipient will read your envelopeless postcard. Especially because we know governments really have a thing for that.

coldtea 13y ago
>Do you have expectation of security if you don't lock your house, then? Of course. And if that expectation is violated, if the culprit, if caught, will very much go to jail. And in some places you can have a go at him yourself. >I'll rephrase it this way - do you expect that no burglar will enter the premises just because there's a law that says that it's illegal to do so? No, but I don't care about that much. I care about governments or corporations (e.g legal entities) going through our stuff, regularly, massively and legally. I want them to not be able to do it legally (and I want the law to try to enforce penalties if they try to bypass that). As for random hackers and such, those are not a systematic threat. That is, I'd like the same protections for my email that one has (or used to have) for his house: e.g no search without a warrant issued for a specific detailed reason. As for protection from burglars, I know how to lock my door, and even if I forget that, those people will be breaking the law and be held responsible by it.