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Re: RBN and it's spin-offs

  • From: Paul Ferguson
  • Date: Wed Dec 30 23:12:42 2009

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On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Keith Medcalf <kmedcalf@dessus.com> wrote:

>
> Without a warrant, there is an absolute right to privacy.
> It continues to exist right up until either (a) one party chooses
> to give up that privacy or (b) a third party arrives with a Court
> Order.  This is simply a covenant between two parties to preserve
> that "private" state unless lawfully compelled by lawful process
> otherwise.  In other words, a covenant to adhere to the rule of
> law and the courts in the event of any dispute between the parties
> or any third party.  It sure seems like a good thing to me -- and a
> covenant I would hope anyone I do business adheres to.
>

That's funny.

You're assuming that the MLAT [1] process works -- it doesn't.

- - ferg

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_Legal_Assistance_Treaty

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-- 
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawgster(at)gmail.com
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/





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