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Re: EarthLink Firmly Says 'No' to Spying Without Subpoena


From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:02:41 GMT

That's a very good question.

- ferg


-- Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Fergie wrote:
EarthLink, an Atlanta-based Internet service provider, said its firm
policy is to not respond to surveillance requests without a subpoena or
other court order. And one consumer advocate cheered EarthLink’s stance,
saying it reminds communications companies they can say “no.”

Does Earthlink consider a National Security Letter to be a court order, or
a subpoena or something else?


--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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