OT: mailbox generator

[Shachar Shemesh]

On 04/26/2013 10:05 PM, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> 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?
I think you are treating this the wrong way. You are thinking of it as
if it was a security screening. This is, in actuality, an intelligence
gathering operation. I will be the first to admit I'm just guessing
here, but I believe the people being asked to provide their email are
not randomly selected people, but rather people whom the interrogator
already knows, and knows not only that they do, in fact, have an email
address, but also what it is and where it is hosted.

Shachar


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Shachar Shemesh

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