Congress Drops Requirement to Obtain Warrant to Monitor Email

[dmcowen674]

12-27-2012

http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stor...n-warrant-to-monitor-email-121225?news=846578

Congress Drops Requirement to Obtain Warrant to Monitor Email



The federal government will continue to access Americans’ emails without a warrant, after the U.S. Senate dropped a key amendment to legislation now headed to the White House for approval.


Last month, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amendment attached to the Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments Act (which deals with publishing users’ Netflix information on Facebook pages) that would have required federal law enforcement to obtain a warrant before monitoring email or other data stored remotely.

 

[dmcowen674]

This is why there is massive cache servers in every data center.

Required to send all data to the Government servers.

I'm sure all in the name of public safety, yeah right.

 

[JEDIYoda]

It matters little to me.....they can read my e-mail all they want.
You are stupid if you think sending e-mail is safe and private!!

Serves you right if the feds come knocking at your door...

 

[dmcowen674]

It matters little to me.....they can read my e-mail all they want.
You are stupid if you think sending e-mail is safe and private!!

Serves you right if the feds come knocking at your door...

What if they misinterpret something you write?

 

[Agent11]

I wonder how these politicians can take their oath to the constitution seriously and pull this kind of garbage.

E-mail is the direct electronic counterpart for the letter ffs.

 

[WelshBloke]

...
You are stupid if you think sending e-mail is safe and private!!

...

This. I thought it was taken as read that email is insecure. Not that that excuses governments from snooping though.

Do terrorists and criminals use non encrypted forms of communication? You'd be a pretty shitty terrorist if you just used email.

 

[dawp]

It matters little to me.....they can read my e-mail all they want.
You are stupid if you think sending e-mail is safe and private!!

Serves you right if the feds come knocking at your door...

I don't send any questionable emails but I still want the government to be required to get a warrant before my service provider hands over my emails. I don't want them going on fishing trips.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I don't send any questionable emails but I still want the government to be required to get a warrant before my service provider hands over my emails. I don't want them going on fishing trips.

Obama is protecting us

 

[dawp]

Obama is protecting us

I may be liberal but I did not vote for obama. He, like all current politicians, is owned by the highest bidder.

 

[exdeath]

PGP and don't use email for anything private.

Make them waste time decrypting junk mail.

 

[brandonb]

So at this point, are we about equal with Iran, or does Iran exceed our freedoms?

Just curious.