Ernie questions whether publicizing someone's private E-mail is ethical? Or legal?
The underlying circumstances involve someone finding someone's Blackberry in restaurant. I would think that accessing the Blackberry would be as unethical as going through anything else left behind by a restaurant patron (aside from trying to find some indentification to track down the true owner.)
As to legalities, this conduct probably constitutes trespass, conversion, and breach of privacy rights, at least in this jurisdiction.
(Different considerations would apply if you were the recipient of an email rather than the finder of a device that accesses the e-mail).
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