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A friendly reminder that the US government can read your emails without a warrant if they've been stored on a server for longer than 6 months. https://www.prop
by ed25519FUUU 6y ago
A friendly reminder that the US government can read your emails without a warrant if they've been stored on a server for longer than 6 months.
https://www.propublica.org/article/no-warrant-no-problem-how-the-government-can-still-get-your-digital-data https://www.propublica.org/article/no-warrant-no-problem-how...
- arminiusreturns 6y agoI found the organization of this very readable. Thanks for the link and reminder. On topic: this just in, person (corporation) who has lied and abused your privacy many times says they promise not to do it anymore, more at 11.
- tantalor 6y ago> they can obtain opened email as well as unopened emails that are at least 180 days old with only a subpoena as long as they notify the customer whose email they've requested This seems to contradict "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized"
- jasonv 6y agoI was wondering why you were getting downvoted, and perhaps because the target link describes something a little bit more nuanced than that. "The government can also get older unopened emails without notifying the customer if they get a court order that requires them to offer "specific and articulable facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe" the emails are "relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation" — a higher bar than a subpoena."