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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to c/videos@lemmy.world

There is a federal privacy law from the 1980s that give the cops a giant loophole to access your emails without a search warrant.

In this video, I’ll show you:

What law has that giant loophole
How this loophole works
How police and government agencies have exploited it
Why Congress hasn’t closed it
And most importantly — what you can do right now to protect your email privacy

Subscribe / @hamptonlawfirm


No real setting is discussed tho I presume that a savvy user could use pop3 and auto delete later (before the 180 day mark discussed in the video). Still an interesting video on the legal framework of searches around digital services.

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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Just use an e2e encrypted mail provider instead.

[-] atropa@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago

This is only secure if both clients use it.

[-] lemmylump@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Lol it ends suggesting using Whatsapp.

Fuuuuuuuuuck that.

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