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  1. CSE monitors millions of Canadian emails to government
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Canada's electronic spy agency collects millions of emails from Canadians and stores them for "days to months" while trying to filter out malware and other attacks on government computer networks.
  2. Email privacy
    Wikipedia article

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Email privacy is the broad topic dealing with issues of unauthorized access and inspection of electronic mail. This unauthorized access can happen while an email is in transit, as well as when it is stored on email servers or on a user computer. In countries with a constitutional guarantee of the secrecy of correspondence, whether email can be equated with letters and get legal protection from all forms of eavesdropping comes under question because of the very nature of email. This is especially important as more and more communication occurs via email compared to postal mail.
  3. Google: don't expect privacy when sending to Gmail
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    People sending email to any of Google's 425 million Gmail users have no "reasonable expectation" that their communications are confidential, the internet giant has said in a court filing.
  4. How the US government secretly reads your email
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Secret orders forcing Google and Sonic to release a WikiLeaks volunteer's email reveal the scale of US government snooping.
  5. Hushmail
    Resource Type: Website
    Confidential email service based in Canada
  6. The Internet Handbook for Writers, Researchers, and Journalists
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2000
  7. Lady Martha's story
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
  8. Noncommercial Email Lists: Collateral Damage in the Fight Against Spam
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2004
    In their zeal to stop spam, many organizations and companies are blocking the delivery of wanted messages, especially those sent through email lists. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that most blocking processes are not transparent to the email sender or recipient, and email users are generally given little or no control over which emails are blocked.
  9. The NSA's Spying Operation on Mexico
    Systematic Eavesdropping on the Government

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The American NSA has been systematically eavesdropping on the Mexican government for years. Three major programs constitute a massive espionage operation against Mexico.
  10. Security experts urge clients to stop using Yahoo Mail after spying report
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Yahoo is once again under scrutiny after a report that at the behest of the U.S. government, its engineers had written software to scan every email message sent and received by its users.
  11. Surveillance Self-Defense
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2018
    Modern technology has given those in power new abilities to eavesdrop and collect data on innocent people. Surveillance Self-Defense is EFF's guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.
  12. The Eulogy for Email
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    If you are like most people who are flooded with junk mail, email has completely overstayed its welcome. In five years email will no longer exist, but what arrives in its place offers something revolutionary.
  13. Tips for Getting the most from E-mail
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2000
    The E-mail I receive from journalists seeking assistance with their research and from organizations listed with Sources is often puzzling. Many messages are unaddressed, unsigned and written in haste. Some queries require detective work before I can send a proper response.
  14. What Are Your Options Now For Secure Email?
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    It's shockingly, disturbingly easy for the government to snoop on your emails. Here are your weapons in the fight for your email privacy.

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