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Google backs Yahoo in privacy fight with DOJ | Politics and Law - CNET News
Google and an alliance of privacy groups have come to Yahoo's aid by helping the Web portal fend off a broad request from the U.S. Department of Justice for e-mail messages, CNET has learned.
In a brief filed Tuesday afternoon, the coalition says a search warrant signed by a judge is necessary before the FBI or other police agencies can read the contents of Yahoo Mail messages--a position that puts those companies directly at odds with the Obama administration.
Hopefully this will spur Yahoo and these other email providers to start offering or even requiring private/public key encryption. No key, no soup for you.
Still hearing the crickets. I'm not being critical of nor defending Obama's administration. I'm just curious as to the reaction of those who practically screamed bloody murder at the idea of the warrantless wiretaps (which were recording conversations between american citizens with potential islamic terrorist). Now, is the purpose of this email search to find islamic terrorist or to find dirt on political opponents like Clinton tried to do using the IRS audits on his critics?
While I think it is a disgrace that anyone's email could be read with out a warrant, it has been and will continue to happen.
The Government has had servers intercepting mail since before W.
The information is not however, used as evidence in any court proceeding.
This current situation is targeting specific accounts, which tells me that they have intercepted some, potentially damaging information and want to go look at the email that this account has stored.
Right now, they do not have a way of looking at stored data, they can only intercept data that is transmitted.
I understand why they want to do this, but I still see it as an end run around the constitution. And they may have the noblest of intentions today, but that doesn't mean they always will. I mean, this kind of access would make Watergate type scenarios simple for the incumbents of the country. Making the gap between the rich elite and the people even wider.
Situations like this is when we as citizens, need to contact our Representatives and Senators in droves!!!!
I do ultimately believe Yahoo and Google will win this case, but is ridiculous that they have to take the DOJ to court to even do this.
My Yahoo mail was monitored 5 years ago. All it takes is a court order, easy for just about any PD.
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