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		sp332 on June 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook e-mail mess: Address books altered, e-mai... It's not an intercept since obviously mail servers have to be able to receive email.

jarofgreen on July 1, 2012 [–]

I fail to see what that technical detail matters. IANAL but the practical effect of this move is to intercept private communications they didn't see before without explicit permission from the user. I'd love to see a lawyer have a good go at this one.

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