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From: Steve Schear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> When I brought this up in conversation yesterday a colleague said that
> there is a generally recognized assumption of privacy when two or more
> parties to a conversation take measures, for example closing the door to a
> room or encryption, to define a set of listeners who are assumed to be
> privy to the contents and exclude those who are not. If so, how high
> should the bar need to be raised by the parties to enjoy such
> protection? If I employ a parabolic mike to pick up my neighbors'
> conversations on their property, surely those sound waves were permeating
> the air of my property. Should I have that right?
Definitely. Assumption of privacy != right to privacy. You only have this
right with people who have agreed to it beforehand. If I happen to hear it,
and you find out, you could try to buy my silence. [This links to the
blackmail thread <g>]
Mark
