sorry, but ...

[Roland Perry]

In article <50117AFA.2010107 at iosis.co.uk>, Peter Tomlinson 
<pwt at iosis.co.uk> writes
>>> So its a connected world where the connections are mostly not 
>>>visible  to the sender, and one hopes that our legislators wake up to 
>>>
>>>
>>> Physical world analogue: if I send a letter by Royal Mail, I don't 
>>>routinely know if the intended recipient gets it, and I assume that 
>>>the Law Enforcement officers can look at it if they have just cause.
>>
>> What's important is whether they are looking at just the outside, or 
>>what's inside the envelope (the latter being a whole lot more 
>>difficult to do legally for both mail and email).
>
>But 'the latter' is extremely easy to do for email (unless the sender 
>encrypts it with his own key),

The difficulty I refer to is obtaining a relevant warrant.

-- 
Roland Perry