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cali

(114,904 posts) Wed Dec 26, 2012, 04:39 PM Dec 2012

Congress OKs Warrantless Email Spying

If the hackers don’t get your email, the government might.

The Senate has sent legislation to President Obama that strips out an amendment that would have forced law enforcement to obtain warrants before reading the emails of U.S. citizens stored in the cloud.

The new measure is a tweak to the Video Privacy Protection Act, which outlaws the disclosure of video-rental information unless given consent by customers. The act was adopted in 1988 after failed Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork's rental history was leaked to the Washington City Paper.

With President Obama's signature, the law would continue current rules that let the government collect emails and other cloud data that has been stored on a third-party server for six months or more.

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/trending/2012/12/26/warrantless_email_spying_government_doesn_t_need_a_warrant_to_read_conversations.html

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Congress OKs Warrantless Email Spying (Original Post) cali Dec 2012 OP

kr. lets see if he signs it. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #1

Putting a public face on a policy already in place. SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #2

He'll veto it, I'm sure.n/t sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #3

Aw crap DJ13 Dec 2012 #4

Aw, don't worry. If Obama signs it must be fine. It would only be a problem if Bush signed it. MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #5

+10 Far too many here are like what you said. RC Dec 2012 #7

The Govt. already records EVERY electronic communication. Every Phone call, FAX, TWEET, Email Vincardog Dec 2012 #6

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)

1. kr. lets see if he signs it.

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Wed Dec 26, 2012, 04:41 PM

Dec 2012

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)

2. Putting a public face on a policy already in place.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 04:51 PM

Dec 2012

Has anyone read the Patriot Act? Nope! We're not allowed. The "real" Patriot Act is classified.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/senator-the-real-patriot-act-is-classified/10286

"Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) said that, while under official secrecy legislation he could not disclose the full classified interpretations; the government is operating on a far wider range of what is written in law.

"We’re getting to a gap between what the public thinks the law says and what the American government secretly thinks the law says," Wyden said."

Why? Because it takes away all of your privacy rights. It is now easy for the government to access all your information from what you buy for groceries to when and where you pay your bills. From who you are calling and e-mailing to who is calling and e-mailing you. However bad you think it is.. it's worse.