US Government: You Don't Own Your Cloud Data So We Can Access It At Any Time 531
New submitter jest3r writes "On Tuesday the EFF filed a brief proposing a process for the Court in the Megaupload case to hold the government accountable for the actions it took (and failed to take) when it shut down Megaupload's service and denied third parties access to their property. Many businesses used Megaupload's cloud service to store and share files not related to piracy. The government is calling for a long, drawn-out process that would require individuals or small companies to travel to courts far away and engage in multiple hearings just to get their own property back. Additionally, the government's argument that you lose all your property rights by storing your data on the cloud could apply to Amazon's S3 or Google Apps or Apple iCloud services as well (see page 4 of their filing)."
Re:So.... (Score:5, Funny)
I believe warrantless wire taping started under Bush....*eye roll*
What about Hoover? (The FBI guy, not the engineer.) He _started_ the whole surveillance of government subjects thing.
Of course not, you !(poster.political_alignment) crony. Open your eyes, man! It was clearly getPolitician(!(poster.political_alignment))'s work!
Re:DUH. It never was yours (Score:5, Funny)
or, for that matter, the skulls in my safety deposit box...
Re:If you don't want them seeing it, encrypt! (Score:2, Funny)
>What are they going to do, arrest you and beat you with a wrench for the encryption key?
Yes
http://xkcd.com/538/ [xkcd.com]
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As Kim Dotcom Just Heard That (Score:5, Funny)
US Government: "You don't own anything stored in the cloud."
Kim Dotcom: "Sweet. The US government has declared cloud stored data is not 'owned.' If you don't own it, if it's not yours, how could you possibly be liable for it? Everyone please subscribe to my new service fuMPAAItsAllInTheCloud.com!"
Re:So.... (Score:5, Funny)
And Obama, plucky Senator from Illinois, railed against the program.
Until he became president.
Merely three days after being sworn in, the tune changed,
I think the explanation is obvious
There is a black book at the oval office that explains why the world will end if the people are not watched by a benign dictator that knows what's best. Obama read that manual right after being sworn in and was compelled to switch his position.
Either that or Obama cynically lied to his supporters throughout his entire campaign.
Re:So.... (Score:5, Funny)
Sssh! You'll spoil the surprise.
Good luck Govt Guys.... (Score:4, Funny)
All my data on the Google Drive and Dropbox is encrypted by me first. Have fun trying to crack it.
Fun note: some of the files are simply dumps of /dev/random with fun filenames like "secret-files.zip" and "plan-b.tgz"