Pretend it's a real riot-starter you don't like and think about it. The internet changes nothing. It's not a free ticket to anonymity, any more than putting up

Pretend it's a real riot-starter you don't like and think about it. The internet changes nothing. It's not a free ticket to anonymity, any more than putting up posters in the middle of the night was. You run the risk of getting caught. Privacy policies are between you and a company, not law. The danger is in widespread digital fishing expeditions by prosecutors - we can't have "turn over everything so-and-so said ever on your service". We need specifics, like everything else... thats' the danger. The internet is not a thing - it's a bunch of cooperating entities running networks all over the world, and a bunch more people running services on top of that. The courts have ALWAYS been able to subpoena information during investigations. Why should digital information be different?