Comments on: Palin email Hacker Pleads Not Guilty http://wiredpen.com/2008/10/08/palin-email-hacker-pleads-not-guilty/ Sat, 19 May 2012 06:38:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Remarksman http://wiredpen.com/2008/10/08/palin-email-hacker-pleads-not-guilty/#comment-20709 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:06:33 +0000 http://wiredpen.com/2008/10/08/palin-email-hacker-pleads-not-guilty/#comment-20709 Postal mail statutes do not apply to email.
As an aside, anyone who sends un-encrypted email should assume that someone other than the intended recipient is or could easily be reading it.

“How much of a crime is it if you break into a public official’s private email account?” It’s the same crime as if you break into John Q. Public’s email account.
I don’t know if, as a hacker, you should get any whistle-blower “extra credit” if the public official has been using their personal account for public business.

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