Hi Bill,

The Internet has made it very easy the snooping eyes of big brother, or

anyone else, to intrude into citizens privacy. It is no longer

necessary to use a wire tap with tape recorder to capture private

conversations, as the body of each email servers as the recording of

the email communication. Also, WiFi make it incredible easy for

intruders to steal private information from computers, including cell

phones, like your list of contacts, etc. GPS can also be used to

pinpoint locations of a WiFi notebook computer, or a cell phone, which

usually has its owner attached.

Regards,

LelandJ

Bill Arnold wrote:

>Today's Wall Street Journal has a follow-up story on the firing of

>Boeing's CEO because he had an affair with another employee. Evidence

>against him came from company email scanners. The story in and of itself

>is very interesting, but a related article might be of greater general

>interest.

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>It seems that the majority of large companies are monitoring e-mail,

>using software designed for that purpose that doesn't only scan for

>keywords, but other 'more sophisticated' techniques as well. Some

>companies even go further, employing people to actually read employee

>emails.

>

>So, a general heads up on email. It seems the days where you could

>communicate privately are gone.

>

>One semi-loophole is the use of Internet based email services, as

>opposed to the company email system, but the article says a good

>percentage of companies are tracking this email as well.

>

>It occurs to me that email monitoring probably accounts for a decline in

>OT membership. Freedom of speech ain't what it used to be!

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>Bill

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