• ABC News, Friday, August 16, 2013 3:11 PM

Brazil's communications minister Paulo Bernardo Silva has proposed giving emails the same level of protection that is given to letters sent in the mail. If passed, the legislation would make it a criminal offense to read someone else's email. The proposal is part of a bill that is being debated in Brazil's Congress which would regulate the use of civilian computers in Brazil. The news follows revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency's surveillance programs have targeted Brazil. 

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