How safe are your files from government inspection?

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A federal appeals court agrees with the governmentâÂ?Â?s position and few judges seem to disagree with the practice. The good that comes from this practice is that child pornographers can be thwarted, but the quite serious downside is that the Fourth Amendment is effectively ignored. Read full story For webinars or research on messaging, or to join the Osterman Research market research survey panel, go here. Osterman Research helps organizations understand the markets for messaging and directory related offerings. To e-mail Michael, click here. RELATED NEWS: Scalix adds to Outlook support in its Linux e-mail server, 01/09/08 Scalix Wednesday released a new version of its Linux-based e-mail server adding encryption support for Microsoft Outlook clients that eliminates the need for a VPN. Holiday spirit helped double Storm worm, 01/10/08 Some clever, sexy Christmas-themed spam and a long holiday season helped the criminals behind the notorious Storm Worm more than double their ... 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