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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 03:19 PM Apr 2013

The Internal Revenue Service doesn't believe it needs a search warrant to read your e-mail

Of course WE saw that slippery slope during Bush warrantless spying...but it has really increased in the last 8 years.


Newly disclosed documents prepared by IRS lawyers says that Americans enjoy "generally no privacy" in their e-mail, Facebook chats, Twitter direct messages, and similar online communications -- meaning that they can be perused without obtaining a search warrant signed by a judge.


An IRS 2009 Search Warrant Handbook obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union argues that "emails and other transmissions generally lose their reasonable expectation of privacy and thus their Fourth Amendment protection once they have been sent from an individual's computer." The handbook was prepared by the Office of Chief Counsel for the Criminal Tax Division and obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.


http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57578839-38/irs-claims-it-can-read-your-e-mail-without-a-warrant/

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The Internal Revenue Service doesn't believe it needs a search warrant to read your e-mail (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 OP
They're probably right in their beliefs. We have almost no rights any longer. gateley Apr 2013 #1
And yet, amazingly, people STILL lay out their whole life on Facebook, etc. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #2

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. And yet, amazingly, people STILL lay out their whole life on Facebook, etc.
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 03:25 PM
Apr 2013

Sigh.

and I will bet you...if it gets to the point where lots of people decided to use encryption emails, the gov. would declare that is illegal.

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