LSAT PrepTest 102 - Section 1 - Passage 1 - Question 1

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Most office workers assume that the messages they send to each other via electronic mail are as private as a telephone call or a face-to-face meeting. ████ ██████████ ██ ██████ ████████ ██ ██ ███████ ██ ████ █████ ███ ██ ████████ ██ █████████ ██ ███████ █████████████ ██ █████████ ████████████ ██ ████ ████ █████ ██ █ █████████████ █████████████████ ███ ██ █████ █████ █████████ ██████████ █████ ██ █████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ██████████ ████ █████████████ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ██ ███ ████ ███████████ █████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████████ ████

Intro to Issue · No clear rules on email privacy

Office workers wrongly assume that their emails are private.

Public Sector (Government) · Are government emails private?

If yes, then they can destroy them and deny public access.

Proposition · Yes, because there are paper versions that the public can access

Opposition · No, because the paper versions are incomplete; emails contain more information

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Private Sector (Business) · Are private sector employees's emails private?

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Example · Not private

Two employees talk shit over email about their boss. Boss finds out. Fires them. Judge rules in favor of company because the computers were company property hence boss had right to read anything on it.

Law · No privacy for "inside" interception

Law sometimes protects against third party eavesdropping but not when the third party is an "insider." So the police (outsider) can't eavesdrop on you but your boss (insider) can.

Exception · Reasonable expectation of privacy

If you have a reasonable expectation of privacy, then privacy could trump. But there is no absolute guarantee.

Solution · Encrypt messages

If you're an employee and want privacy, you may just have to encrypt your emails. But that's a huge pain in the butt.

Passage Style

Critique or debate

Problem-analysis

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Question Type

Main point

The author focuses on the problem for privacy presented by electronic mail. P2 explores questions and arguments concerning the level of privacy appropriate for electronic mail of the government. P3 presents an example case raising privacy issues in the private sector. P4 describes current laws regarding privacy of electronic mail and their limits.

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Although the author mentions the potential solution of using encryption codes, the author doesn’t advocate for this solution or encourage anyone to use it. Since (A) isn’t supported, it can’t be the main point.

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The author doesn’t suggest that the questions surrounding electronic mail privacy are “best” resolved through treating them as if they were phone conversations or in-person communications. The author doesn’t advocate for any particular way of treating electronic mail. She simply outlines legal questions that are raised and provides examples of how those questions have been answered by others in the public and private sectors. Since (B) isn’t supported, it can’t be the main point.

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The author doesn’t suggest that solutions to the legal questions raised “must” take into account an “essential” difference between the public and private sectors. We have no reason to think the author would be opposed to treating the public and private sectors similarly.

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This best captures the main point, which is to discuss the questions raised about privacy of electronic mail. The author simply presents the questions and examples of how others answer them, but does not advocate any particular answer.

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The author doesn’t advocate for allowing supervisors in the government to monitor employee communications. She doesn’t show support for any particular method of handling privacy of electronic mail. Since (E) isn’t supported, it can’t be the main point.

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