[privacy] Appeals Court Rules No Privacy Interest in IP Addresses, Email To/From Fields

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via Threat Level.

[snip]

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday in United States vs.
Forester that IP addresses and the To/From fields in emails are the legal
equivalent of dialed phone numbers and the government can get a court order
to obtain them without showing probable cause as would be needed in a
search one's house.

The Court extended to the internet a 1979 case known as Smith vs. Maryland,
where the Supreme Court found that individuals have no reasonable
expectation of privacy in the phone numbers they dial because they
transmitted them to the phone company in order to complete the call.
However, under Smith, the contents of the calls could not be listened in on
without proving probable cause to a judge.

[snip]

More:
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/07/appeals-court-r.html

- - ferg

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