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>and shipped them to Google USPS is a third party. Why are physical letters protected? At an organization like Google which is bound to have some internal con
by superuser2 13y ago
>and shipped them to Google
USPS is a third party. Why are physical letters protected?
At an organization like Google which is bound to have some internal controls, wouldn't an employee opening your email be analogous to the USPS opening an envelope?
- coryrc 13y agoBecause there are explicit laws covering the protection of letters sent through USPS. We could make such laws covering ISPs, if our representatives wanted to.
- rayiner 13y agoI'm not talking about a letter intercepted en-route. I'm talking about a letter once it has been delivered to Google and is sitting on their premises, like your e-mail does once it's delivered via the SSL connection. The government can subpoena those papers just as they can subpoena the papers relating to your financials held by your accountants, etc.