From: ecarp@tssun5.dsccc.com
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 15:50:17 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Employer Probing Precedents?
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> From owner-cypherpunks@toad.com Wed Dec 27 17:48 CST 1995
> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 16:51:41 -0500
> Subject: Employer Probing Precedents?
> To: cypherpunks@toad.com
> From: "Jason D. Livingood/WSC"@hks.net
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> To Whom It May Concern:
> 
> I was curious as to where I might find some electronic freedom legal 
> precedents.  If, for example, an employer was planning to probe file systems on 
> PCs in the off-hours and employees began encrypting their hard drives, what 
> legal precedents would support the employees or would support the employer in 
> blocking the encryption?

Try www.eff.org.

I have a partition on my HD that is routinely encrypted.  When asked about it,
my response was that I was acting to protect company confidential material
and company assets.