Reading your boss' e-mail account isn't just a bad idea—it could also get you hauled in federal court on wiretapping charges. David Szymuszkiewicz, an Internal Revenue Service worker in Wisconsin, found this out the hard way after using an Outlook mail rule to copy his supervisor's messages over to his own account for a full three years.
Here's how Seventh Circuit Chief Judge (and University of Chicago law professor) Frank Easterbrook described the case in a ruling (PDF) made back in September:
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