LSAT 25, RC Passage 1, Email Privacy, LSATHacks

RC Passage 1 Explanation, by LSATHacks

Paragraph Summaries

1. No rules prevent employers from spying on email.
2. Some say the government is allowed to destroy email, because there are paper copies of documents. Others point out that paper copies don’t say when an email was sent.
3. A court ruled that a company could spy on email because it owned the system.
4. Laws offer incomplete protection.

Analysis

The author isn’t making an argument. They’re giving us an overview of what the law says about email privacy.

There isn’t much to say about the passage, since it’s not an argument. Paragraphs two and three provide examples to show different aspects of the issue. No comparison is made between the government and private companies.

The final paragraph discusses solutions for anyone who wants privacy. None of them are good, currently. We don’t have a reasonable expectation of privacy on corporate email systems, and encryption is inconvenient.

These issues are real, by the way, and still unresolved. Your boss can read your email. And email is routinely used as evidence in lawsuits. Don’t write anything you wouldn’t want everyone to know.

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