E-mail accounts easy to break into

October 1, 2008 By Elise Ackerman

The hacker who infiltrated Sarah Palin's e-mail account last month may have intended to embarrass the Republican vice presidential candidate, but the prank also exposed one of the Internet industry's most uncomfortable secrets: It is remarkably easy for someone to break into your online e-mail account.

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Another consideration is the the US DOJ doesn't consider email stored on a 3ed party server to be provided the same legal protections as email stored on your home system (ie. they don't need a court issued search warrant.)
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