Police want to demand e-mail storage for 5 years!

[Matt Collins]

According to this story on CNET, police again are pushing for new laws requiring ISPs and webmail providers to store users' private data for five years (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10446503-38.html) and also want a new electronic way of speeding up subpoenas and search warrants via police-only encrypted portals at all ISPs and webmail providers."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10446503-38.html


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[Stary Hickory]

This is baloney, no way they should be allowed that kind of power. This is getting out of hand.

[steph3n]

I'd ignore it based on 4th amendment, but also based on costs. It is not feasible to store all these. People don't realize how much volume there is to email.

[Matt Collins]

I'd ignore it based on 4th amendment, but also based on costs. It is not feasible to store all these. People don't realize how much volume there is to email.
They will force the Internet Service Providers to do it thus raising costs which will be passed on to the consumer. Thus we'll be paying to lose our privacy :mad: