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While you can expect a legal right to privacy in regards to your snail mail, email privacy is another thing altogether.
Email privacy myths are among the most persistent of the Information Age. They tend to linger, even as more people come to realize that, given the insecurity of the World Wide Web and other forms of electronic information exchange, very little of our personal information is truly confidential anymore.
We Americans expect that our postal mail will remain absolutely private, because that's a right guaranteed by the Constitution. We tend to extend that assumption to electronic mail, too; but the fact is, you just can't have the same expectation of privacy with email as you do with "snail" mail. In this article, we'll explain why.
In Part I of this article, we gave you the straight dope on three of the most far-reaching cell phone myths. In this half, we'll cover four of the smaller ones.
Cell phones don't cause cancer and they don't start fires at gas stations, those are all big, persistent cell phone myths that a close examination of the evidence easily refutes. We busted those myths in the first half of this article.
In this installment, we'll tackle four myths that, if less pervasive, are just as annoyingly false as their big siblings.
Few of our modern conveniences have generated more mythology than cell phones. In fact, we found enough cell phone myths for two articles. Join us as we bust those myths, one by one.
As ubiquitous as cellular phones have become, it's no wonder that cell phone myths have proceeded to rampage through our society with all the persistence of the Cloverfield monster. Yet in most cases, they're just as unreal as that cinematic horror, no matter how scary (or hopeful) they may seem to be.
In this two-part article, we've collected six top myths regarding our favorite gadgets, and offer a heaping helping of reality to counteract each one. We'll start with the biggies first.
Exposing one of the most common cell phone myths: can your cell phone really unlock your car?
A new generation of communication breeds a new generation of myths -- in this case, cell phone myths. We've all heard them. They range from the absurd to the plausible, but most of them are nonsense -- and this one's no exception. Let's explore the truth behind the myth that your cell phone can help you if you lock your keys in your car.
Protect your music: don't fall for these iPod myths!
You don't think of iPod myths as a big worry, but with any successful product comes angry competitors. Apple trumped the world when it produced the most successful mp3 player available, and ever since, competitors have searched diligently for flaws in Apple's sleek design. Of course, no product is perfect, and the iPod is no exception. Still, it's important to know the truth before you fall for myths created to keep you from buying an iPod!
