[Terretta]

Regular mail to a contact has circumstances where it can be searched:

The expectation that personal correspondence should remain private is centuries old. In the 1750s, for example, Postmaster Benjamin Franklin instituted a policy forbidding postmasters from reading individuals’ letters.

So it is dismaying that the Postal Service, the Inspection Service and the DOJ are not upfront with the public as to when they feel fit to open private mail.

https://www.rstreet.org/2014/11/19/yes-the-government-can-op...

Electronic mail does not enjoy enhanced protections over regular mail. Arguably, as electronic mail is sent through a chain of third parties without an envelope, the expectation of privacy is less.

Email is like postcards: “privacy” depends on being one in a sea of items, and a postal worker averting their eyes.