Date: 03 Feb 97 01:26:43 -0900 From: Steve.Howe@ice-bbs.net (Steve Howe) To: Freebsd-Hackers@Freebsd.Org Subject: un-ethical isp Message-ID: <293_9702030127@ice-bbs.net>
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Dear FreeBSDers, because of your excellent OS and superb knowledge, i/we decided to use FreeBSD in projects for the government subcontracting starting about 2 years ago. an associate and boss became upset due to their fear of UNIX and a sort of conspiracy developed ... anyway - unbeknownst to me, the owners of my isp (alaska.net) were former associates this vengeful/ignorant co-worker and boss, and together (as i came close to finishing a project way ahead of their NT project) they (isp) engaged in ping flooding all my machines on my networks, grinding all my work to a complete halt for a week, and additionally, after tracing the source of the pinging and sending some nasty email, my isp transferred all my email i had ever written on my personal/private account to my boss and co-worker for review, ie, they were looking for some goodies to get rid of me. they hired private investigators, etc. but i was squeaky clean, although things have become miserable enough to quit. :) ANYWAY - my question is, although my lawyer says my isp may be liable for slander, is there any other recourse i can take for them giving 2 1/2 years of my email from my personal/private account to my boss and co-workers? i wouldn't want laws, but i despise un-ethical behaviour such as this! it included health information related to my family, love letters :), thoughts, etc. all kinds of stuff you'd never want anyone to see! (pgp? - well not everyone i wrote to can use it!) thanks ... please mail to hmmm@ice-bbs.net. a friend/co-worker is allowing me use of this account as i have no isp currently ... -- | Standard disclaimer: The views of the users are strictly their own. | ICE BBS Network +1-907-346-2371 (ANSI, 28.8k, FREE E-MAIL!).
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