Rightardia would be surprised if the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the policeman who was using a police cell phone to text sexually explicit messages (sexting) to his girl friend.
It is unlikely the policeman or a corporate employee who is using a device provided by the government or a corporation has a right to privacy. Most corporations have explicitly written procedures stating that the use of cell phones and laptops is for 'official purposes only.'
The policeman should have used a private cell phone for texting during a a lunch break or after he was off duty.
Wirehead, out technical editor, has managed a Blackberry server and he could read all of the email that was sent or received through the server. He would also constantly check the server to make sure the server it was working and that users were able to send and receive emial and text messages.
Most text messages go through a server. However, Rightardia recently read a news story about Florida public service employees who were recieving peer to peer text messages from public utility employees.
All the public service employe had to do was provide the utility company the Blackberry's PIN. This means of texting bypasses the government Blackberry servers.
The downside is the message is clear text and it can be read by anyone who intrecepts it.
