Re: Is ths legal?.. (fwd)

[Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>]

On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, Jay Holovacs wrote:

> 
> On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, Black Unicorn wrote:
> > 
> > I disagree.  Instead it implies that interception and administrative 
> > review of content will be tolerated where it is "a necessary incident to 
> > the rendition of his service or to the protection of the rights or 
> > property of the provider of that service."  Note that it will be the 
> > provider who makes the definition in the ex ante application.
> > 

> The provider is allowed access ONLY for QC purposes.

This is only explicit with regards to public providers.

 Getting back to thhe 
> original point, the provider's ability to interpret the contents of the 
> message is in no way required to monitor the system and cannot be used as 
> a justification in itself for prohibiting use of crypto. 

Oh?  What if I say that I need to monitor e-mail for data corruption?
Also, you might consider the definition of "intercept."  I suspect it's a 
bit wider than you are accounting for.


> Also, what if someone outside the system emails encrypted messages to the 
> user. What authority would the sys admin have there??

Entirely unrelated to the statute you cite.

> Jay Holovacs <holovacs@ios.com>
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