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On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 09:55:31PM -0700, Raymond Jennings wrote: |
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> This is exactly why my opinion is strongly in favor of having the |
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> situation, whatever it may actually be, documented so that people who |
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> might get burned by having their stuff exposed by legal action will at |
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> least have advanced warning. |
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The "protected" information in the case of forums would be limited to |
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private messages, and any private user information that was not exposed |
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elsewhere (eg IP address, hidden email address). Everything else on the |
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forums is a public posting, and thus not granted any protections. |
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The case that really worries me is IRC private messages. There are |
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generally only two parties with logs, which are likely to be the |
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plaintiff and defendant previously mentioned. (Both parties have an |
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interest in altering the messages). In most cases [1], the messages go via |
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one or more Freenode servers, which could in theory log them, and also |
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complicate the privacy jurisdiction question. |
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[1] IRC does have ways to directly message another person without it |
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going through servers; said ways originate in file tranfers between |
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parties and are much less common today. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Trustee & Treasurer |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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