Doormat argument about Voicemail dismissed by Court of Appeal

Andrew Cormack Andrew.Cormack at ja.net
Mon Jul 1 13:20:10 BST 2013


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukcrypto-bounces at chiark.greenend.org.uk [mailto:ukcrypto-
> bounces at chiark.greenend.org.uk] On Behalf Of Ian Batten
> Sent: 01 July 2013 12:35
> To: UK Cryptography Policy Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: Doormat argument about Voicemail dismissed by Court of
> Appeal
> 
> 
> On 30 Jun 2013, at 17:28, Peter Fairbrother <zenadsl6186 at zen.co.uk>
> wrote:
> >
> > BTW, some IPSs delete email when downloaded,
> 
> What proportion of email users are still using POP3 and downloading a
> local copy?  Single figure percent, I would suspect, compared to the
> vast majority who are using webmail of some sort, and the geekerati who
> might be using IMAP4.  It implies a model of usage --- a single device
> with substantial local storage, talking to a remote server with limited
> storage --- which simply doesn't apply today.
> 
> ian
> 

Looking at the quote para 22 of the judgment, it seems the original HC judge (or whoever was briefing him) is still using POP ;-)

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2013/1026.html

I reckon IMAP/webmail are much closer to the voicemail analogy/precedent

Andrew



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