Comment Re:It doesn't affect law enforcement... (Score 1) 486
I think we should look at in terms of how we treat printed media. If you write a letter and send it to someone, they can do whatever they want with it. If you write a letter and staple it to a telephone pole, anyone that happens to walk by it can do whatever they want with it. 3rd party monitoring, such as police monitoring of a private 2-way AIM chat should be equivalent to intercepting and opening someone's letter to a friend or listening in on a conversation. If your talking to someone one on one, you assume that your conversation will be private and known to only your recipient. In a public chat room, it's a different story. You are assuming that whatever you say can be used by anyone because you aren't speaking to a specific person, rather posting text in public domain.
Oh also, ignorance has never been a reliable excuse when it comes to the law. I think saying "but, I didn't KNOW it was logging" would be very difficult to prove or disprove.
My 2 cents.
Oh also, ignorance has never been a reliable excuse when it comes to the law. I think saying "but, I didn't KNOW it was logging" would be very difficult to prove or disprove.
My 2 cents.
