Question...

[Alex Neuman]

While I agree with the line of reasoning you're using, I don't think 
I've ever considered anything you write down (or type up) to be private. 
You can only make it (trivially|reasonably|strongly) difficult for a 
third party to get to (for example, using encryption), but in the end 
the moment you express your thoughts in writing, "the cat's out of the 
bag". I think there's even something in the bible about secrets being 
"like putting a burning oil lamp under the bed" or something. It kind of 
parallels the situation of Jews who avoid writing the name of God on 
something perishable, out of respect for God.

That being said,  I agree that what you consider "private communication" 
should remain private unless there is proper reason to lift the 
protection of privacy that one would expect (or have a right to, 
depending on jurisdiction). Even so, I also believe there is merit in 
letting the users know that unless you properly protect (again, through 
whatever technological means are available) the content of your 
communication, there is always the possibility that someone will be able 
to intercept or alter it.

Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2007, Scott Silva wrote:
>
>> Andrew MacLachlan spake the following on 5/28/2007 5:33 PM:
>>> Fabio - Which country are you in?
>>> I have had one of my users complaining that this isn't legal in Italy
>>> (!) - Seem like a crazy law...
>>> Can anyone clarify this?
>>>
>> Just because a law seems crazy doesn't mean that a government won't 
>> pass it.
>
> A law that does garantue that private (e)mail remains private? Is that 
> a bad or crazy law? It must have come out of the dark ages for sure.
>
> Hugo.
>