OT: mailbox generator

[Nadav Har'El]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013, Tzafrir Cohen wrote about "OT: mailbox generator":
> Off topic, but may be interesting:
> 
> I heard recently that it is now legal for the security checks in the Ben
> Gurion airport to require that I show my mail account.

I don't understand how they could possibly enforce this. Can't the
person tell them he *doesn't* have an email address? Is having an email
address a legal requirement nowadays?

Alternatively, couldn't he say that his email is only accessible by
running "mutt" on a shell account, and he can only login there using ssh
and conveniently the security guys will not have an ssh client? Or say
that he needs a private key to login, and he doesn't have the key on
him?

Besides, most people I know have multiple email addresses - one for
personal use, one for work use, for example. Wouldn't terrorists do the
same thing - keep their personal email separate from their business
(terrorism) related emails?

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