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Earlier this year, India demanded that RIM allow it to easily snoop on any email messages sent via Blackberry devices.

The company explained that since the end user sets the encryption key, there's simply no way to provide a backdoor to snoop on the messages.

LinuxWorld: "All the dozens of RFC-822 mail servers, including Sendmail, Qmail, and Postfix combined, have only 15% of the business/organization e-mail market."

After it was ruled that a hacker who obtained unauthorized emails from TorrentSpy on behalf of the MPAA did not technically intercept them under the WireTap Act, the EFF has filed a friend-of-the-court brief.

EFF describes the recent decision as a “dangerous attempt to circumvent privacy laws,” and wants to see it overturned.

A Yahoo security upgrade that caused chaos for thousands of BT customers who use their own domain name to send email has been temporarily removed after protests from users.