Petraeus Case Illustrates FBI Authority To Read Email 228
An anonymous reader writes "Back in April, we discussed how the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act says email that has resided on a server for more than six months can be considered abandoned. The recent investigation of General Petraeus brings this issue to light again, and perhaps to a broader audience. Under current U.S. law, federal authorities need only a subpoena approved by a federal prosecutor — not a judge — to obtain electronic messages that are six months old or older. Do you know anyone these days who doesn't have IMAP accounts with 6+-month-old mail on them?"
Re:Public servants (Score:5, Informative)
Holy fuck, what is the matter with these people?
Re:Don't keep old email. (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Don't keep old email. (Score:4, Informative)