GMail has announced that they are "staying at the forefront of email security and reliability" by using an encrypted HTTPS connection when you check or send email. The fact that the option to turn off HTTPS will no longer be available - will further help users thwart the prying eyes of any number of snoopers.
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Microsoft claims Hotmail hack was justified
Microsoft admits that they broke into a blogger's Hotmail account after they learned of a potentially damaging leak of sensitive software which had been passed from an employee to the blogger.
Courts do not, however, issue orders authorizing someone to search themselves, since obviously no such order is needed. So even when we believe we have probable cause, there’s not an applicable court process for an investigation such as this one relating to the information stored on servers located on our own premises.
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