Xref: utzoo comp.admin.policy:121 comp.unix.admin:2009 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!umd5!voronoi.cs.jhu.edu!eifrig From: eifrig@cs.jhu.edu (Jack Eifrig) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: E-mail Privacy Summary: Well, at least he's honest about it! Message-ID: Date: 28 May 91 15:26:58 GMT Lines: 39 More in the ongoing privacy debate: In article <80@talgras.UUCP> david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes) writes: > >Assuming that the system is one that is provided by the employeer (not a >"Public" facility. Then IMHO it is legal. The employeer owns the contents >of that system including mail. Bluntly, your (or my) opinion on the legality of such snooping is really of no interest; neither of us is a lawyer practicing in this area. >Is it ethical, yes. I tell all of the users on my systems that I can and will >read anything that gets put on the system. My main reason for doing this is >to ensure that they know that mail is not secure. If I where you I would >point out to your boss that e-mail should not be used used for that kind >of memo. I have never gone snooping in users mail ( I have work to do) but >I would not hesitate to do so if I had any reason to. "Any reason"? You mean like mere curiosity? And you claim this is ETHICAL? It's people like you that make encryption technology necessary. >David Hoopes Tallgrass Technologies Inc. >uunet!talgras!david 11100 W 82nd St. >Voice: (913) 492-6002 x323 Lenexa, Ks 66214 I'll keep this in mind if I ever happen to come in professional con- tact with you. This one's for you, Dave: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "As someday it may happen that a victim must be found, I've got a little list - I've got a little list Of society offenders who might well be under ground And who never would me missed - who never would be missed." - W.S. Gilbert, "The Mikado" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------