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by awqrre 3568 days ago
but since you don't have an expectation of privacy when a third party cloud service handles your data, according to the law, why would you have an expectation of privacy for letters handled by third parties... for example, the Government can legally read all your emails hosted by a third party if they are 6 months or older (http://www.businessinsider.com/when-can-the-government-read-...)
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There are special rules about the postal service. They're not just a third party.
So you believe that intelligence agencies have no way to read your mail if they wanted to? Come on.