Opinion ID: 773807
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Spanish Inquisition Bulletin Board System

Text: 10 The SI BBS was a smaller bulletin board system than the CCC BBS, and it was run by a teenager on his father's home computer. Only one user could log on at a time, and the connection to the internet was more rudimentary than the CCC BBS's connection. The SI BBS included a posted disclaimer on privacy: 11 Pursuant to the Electronic and Communications Privacy Act of 1986, Title 18 U.S. Code 2510 and following, all users are hereby notified that there are NO provisions for private messages on this board. This is TRUE notwithstanding the fact that the system software indicates to the user that he or she may and can make a message private. All messages may be read by the SysOp [systems operator] and his assigns[.] 12