OT: WAS: Re: MAC security (Re: Question about Wireless)

[David Vincent]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> Derek Broughton wrote:

>>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain information that is
>>> privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If
>>> you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the
>>> sender immediately by return e-mail, purge it and do not disseminate
>>> or copy it.
> 
> Ooops - I missed that funny part of the mail and replied anyway. As I'm 
> not sure I was an "intended recipient", I will now go and wash my brain 
> to forget the contents of that particular mail :)

http://attrition.org/security/rants/z/disclaimers.html

...and...

http://www.realtime-itcompliance.com/privacy_and_compliance/2007/10/email_security_and_privacy_ny.htm

...

* Every message Dr. Scott's lawyers sent to Dr. Scott's BI email address 
contained the following message:

     "This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may 
contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not 
the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination 
of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this 
communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its 
attachments and notify us immediately."

However, the court was not impressed by this; with regard to this they 
ruled,

     "However, even the New York State Bar Association has stated, "a 
lawyer who uses technology to communicate with clients must use 
reasonable care with respect to such communication, and therefore must 
assess the risks attendant to the use of that technology and determine 
if the mode of transmission is appropriate under the circumstances.""

...

-d