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Close the E-Mail Wiretap Loophole
Mark Rasch, 2004-07-05

Some pretty sleazy operators are slipping through a hole in a federal wiretap law that arguably leaves your e-mail unprotected from snooping.

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Close the E-Mail Wiretap Loophole 2004-07-08
Anonymous
The email would not be "intercepted" by a sniffer. The interpretation suggests that the transmission must be halted. Most sniffers I have come across are passive so there is no "interception" by strict definition of the word.

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