[ NNSquad ] Obama admin to Congress: Please don't protect Americans' email in the cloud

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Obama admin to Congress: Please don't protect Americans' 
email in the cloud

http://j.mp/fnt4XW  (Wired)
  
       The Obama administration is urging Congress not to adopt legislation
       that would impose constitutional safeguards on Americans' e-mail
       stored in the cloud.  As the law stands now, the authorities may
       obtain cloud e-mail without a warrant if it is older than 180 days,
       thanks to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act adopted in 1986.
       At that time, e-mail left on a third-party server for six months was
       considered to be abandoned, and thus enjoyed less privacy protection.
       However, the law demands warrants for the authorities to seize e-mail
       from a person's hard drive.

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