However, they did get a search warrant which they could have served at home, then they just take your entire computer. The issue isn't can the FBI read your stuff, they can, the issue is how do they get permission to read it. They should have to show cause and get a warrant. <br>
<br clear="all">Jim Asbille, MSM<br>registered Linux user number 388067 <br><br>"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential." -- Barack Obama<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:barry@vonahsen.com">barry@vonahsen.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 04/21/2010 12:51 PM, Todd Walton wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Nathan C. Smith<br>
> <<a href="mailto:nathan.smith@ipmvs.com">nathan.smith@ipmvs.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I don't care if my ISP reads my mail, what I don't want is a mega group like<br>
>> Google to be one-stop-shopping for the NSA, FBI, what-have-you, for all the<br>
>> conversations going on in the U.S.<br>
><br>
> This is a good point.<br>
><br>
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</div>and, not so paranoid:<br>
<br>
FBI agents targeting alleged criminal spammers last year obtained a<br>
trove of incriminating documents from a suspect's Google Docs account,<br>
in what appears to be the first publicly acknowledged search warrant<br>
benefiting from a suspect’s reliance on cloud computing.<br>
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<a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/cloud-warrant/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/cloud-warrant/</a><br>
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