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		huhtenberg on March 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft sniffed blogger's Hotmail account to tra... > Only the outside of the mail is [scanned], as opening mail would require a warrant.

uptown on March 20, 2014 | [–]

Opening is entirely different from scanning the front and back of every item of mail. The linked article is about scanning the front and back of every mail item, which is done domestically.

akadien on March 21, 2014 | [–]

Metadata is extremely useful.

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