It's different in that the warrant was issued 6 months prior to the owners finding out about it.
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> wrote: > How is this any less safe than the Feds getting a warrant for your email at > AT&T or even on your box? > > If the Feds want your stuff, you're hosed any way you go. > > Scott > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > Scott Granneman > [email protected] > > On Apr 17, 2010, at 4:12 PM, "Mike B." <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've been saying that the cloud is not the smartest way to go if you >> want to protect your data. I'm not a fan of spammers; in fact I love >> seeing them hurt. But if you have proprietary data, the cloud in not >> the way to go. >> >> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/cloud-warrant/ >> >> Short quote: >> >> "FBI agents targeting alleged criminal spammers last year obtained a >> trove of incriminating documents from a suspect’s Google Docs account, >> in what appears to be the first publicly acknowledged search warrant >> benefiting from a suspect’s reliance on cloud computing. >> >> "The warrant, issued August 21 in the Western District of New York, >> targeted Levi Beers and Chris de Diego, the alleged operators of a >> firm called Pulse Marketing, which was suspected of launching a >> deceptive e-mail campaign touting a diet supplement called Acai Pure. >> The warrant demanded the e-mail and “all Google Apps content” >> belonging to the men, according to a summary in court records." >> >> -- >> Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >> Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >> To post: [email protected] >> To subscribe: [email protected] >> To unsubscribe: [email protected] >> More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
