On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 02:50:05PM -0700, Nathan Given wrote: > What about the issue of property? I don't own the BYU Email server... are > they allowed to view email messages on a server that they own? > > Businesses also... businesses are allowed to view their employees' email > (this is my understanding anyway)... aren't they allowed to do this because > they own the servers? > > (I know it's a privacy issue...but there is the other side of ownership > also).
BYU's right to ownership does not supercede my right to privacy. If I
use their restrooms, I have a legal right to not be videotaped by BYU
just because I am using their porcelain thrones. A landlord cannot
install a hidden camera in the bedroom of a tenant, and then pull the
argument ``aren't I allowed to view the actions of tenants while they
are in an apartment that I own?'' Just because I am using your
property does not give you a carte blanche to monitor whatever I do in
whatever way you see fit.
We should not be so quick to turn on our backs and let the owners of
e-mail servers do whatever they feel like with our personal
information. Practically speaking, this can best be accomplished with
encryption (which was mentioned previously on this thread), but I will
do my best to avoid using servers that publish the fact that they
regularly monitor and read my personal e-mail messages.
Mike
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