Comments on: If this law passes, cops may finally need a warrant to read your Gmail

By: Peter Wood

Peter Wood — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:07:00 +0000

The article isn’t about GMail per se.

By: Lemoutan

Lemoutan — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:38:00 +0000

I used arrangements of pebbles on beaches.

Then that damn Google Earth thing flounced in …

By: agilecyborg

agilecyborg — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:59:00 +0000

The warrant will just slow them down a tad. Most judges seem bent on approving every warrant they can. It ought to be a rule anymore: Don’t use digital technology to communicate sensitive information.

By: An Infinitude of Tortoises

An Infinitude of Tortoises — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:31:00 +0000

I’d like to see a bill guaranteeing greater privacy protection than is now afforded e-mail stored on one’s home computer!

By: avidwriter_

avidwriter_ — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:22:00 +0000

it’s been like that the last few years unfortunately.

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:32:00 +0000

Sadly, even if it makes it out of the Senate, it will die on-arrival in the House, largely because it’s a Democrat-originated bill. And, it’s an election year. Such is the state of Congress.

By: Mitchell Glaser

Mitchell Glaser — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:24:00 +0000

I will never believe that my data stored on remote servers will ever be other than totally transparent to the big intelligence agencies.

By: seatacwebdesign

seatacwebdesign — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:21:00 +0000

You keep on hearing about all of these different laws being passed which tackle privacy. This one would be a step in the right direction.

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:43:00 +0000

I assume as it works now your provider is giving them a copy of what is in your account? I wonder this because I have Google setup with the 2 step verification via text message…wonder how that’d work otherwise.