On 7/18/2010 5:05 PM, Don Q wrote:
> On 2010-07-18 08:41:51 -0400, barry > said:
>
>> you mean chuck? i prefer using web-based email. (as it turns out, my
>> service provider outsourced their webmail services to google so i've
>> even got all the web based perks on my service provider email).
>
> For everyone using gmail (and to some extent, any kind of web mail)
>
> It is one thing to assume the risks, you are all adults (presumably).
> It is another to be a newbie and make a mistake thru inadequate research.
>
> This page is worth reading, may be some facts you did not know.
>
> http://www.gmail-is-too-creepy.com/
>
> Also...
>
> * The gmail EULA provides "some" protection if you have an account, but
> if you are sending mail to someone at gmail, you are not protected by
> the EULA.
>
> * Apparently there is some law in the US, any mail left on the servers
> beyond 6 months is deemed to be abandoned, so the authorities would not
> need a warrant, they can just ask the ISP or other e-mail provider to
> simply send it over. (Maybe someone who is more on top of these things
> can provide chapter and verse. I read about it a while ago, but I do not
> use any kind of webmail.)
>
> cheers
>
> Don

What you say is absolutely true, but..........if the authorities are
interested in you, then the type of email, or even snail mail that you
are using probably makes no difference.

The reason I say this is that if you are on their radar enough for them
to care what is being said in your emails, then you are probably f*cked
anyway.

Americans gave up all rights of protection against invasion of their
privacy when the insane Patriot Act was signed into law by the puppet on
the right, and then extended by the current puppet on the left.

Liberty was traded for a false sense of security, and so history repeats
itself, again and again.

Pat (hoping that calling the Patriot Act "insane" in a public forum does
not **** off the wrong people in power)