IRS Ignores Questions About Email Surveillance
Well, they probably read them before you sent them
The Internal Revenue Service has declined to answer questions about whether it obtains a search warrant before perusing Americans' e-mail messages and other electronic correspondence.
CNET contacted the IRS last Wednesday morning to ask whether the agency's internal procedures require warrants signed by a judge. That was in response to newly disclosed internal IRS memos saying
Americans enjoy "generally no privacy" in their e-mail, Facebook chats, Twitter direct messages, and similar online communications.
Despite repeated queries, the IRS has not responded to last week's questions.
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Simple answer. If email is not locked and therefore lacks an expectation of privacy, encrypt your emails. Then it is locked.