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• ck2 15y ago
  Wrong. A law from 1986 that is being heavily abused ala Patriot Act, allows government to read your email and any other stored data online that is more than 180 days old without any judicial review (aka warrant). This is fact, not speculation. To be fair it's not just gmail but yahoo, etc.
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  • shareme 15y ago
    Are you referring to the law nicked named the Clinton computer law? Read it again, any viewing of data on a computer requires notifying accused 180 days after the data view, no exceptions. As I understand it, the Patriot act replaces that requirement.
    • ck2 15y ago
      The ironically named 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/technology/10privacy.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/technology/10privacy.html the government does not notify people that they are searching their online information or prove probable cause, and if the government violates the law in obtaining information, defendants are generally unable to exclude that evidence http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/google-microsoft-ecpa/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/google-microsoft-ec... http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/cloud-content-warrants/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/cloud-content-warra... Since the "Patriot" Act was renewed without discussion or change, there is little hope IMHO that the 1986 law will be changed (except maybe make it worse).