Instant messaging --> now what?

[Keith Mastin]

> What legal issue ? Whose privacy ? I respect your opinion, but by this
> logic talking privately on the corridor of a downtown mall during lunch
> break would make the mall owners responsible for the content of the
> discussion, and mandate them to record it so they can cover themselves
> in case something happens as a result of that discussion. The next step
> would be the interdiction of congregation, which is not unknown under
> martial rule. You would like to impose both of these things, without
> martial law ? Come on.

The FTC (?) stateside just made it a law to secure any personal customer
or client data stored on publically accessible servers. This came down on
sept 29, so it might be related somehow.



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