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"Lawful Spying" Price Lists Leaked
ogaraf writes "Wired has a story about how the site Cryptome.org leaked the price lists for 'lawful spying' activities of Yahoo and other companies, and subsequently received a DMCA takedown notice from Yahoo. The documents, however, are still posted online, and in them you can learn, for instance, that IP logs last for one year, but the original IPs used to create accounts have been kept since 1999. The contents of your Yahoo account are bought for $30 to $40 by law enforcement agencies."
If you actually read the documents (I know, that's too hard), you'll see that this is a list of information Yahoo! can provide in compliance of subpoenas, search warrants and court orders.
Oooh, if the cops get a search warrant, they can look at your Yahoo! friends list. It's the end of liberty as we know it!
I like the part where Yahoo complains that the leaking of the document could "shock" its users and damage its reputation.
I AM shocked!
Only $30 per? Really?? Violating my privacy is bad enough, but the insult to my dignity is despicable!
Come on, guys! You're billing the government! Add some zeroes for fuck's sake - it's not like you're billing Medicare!
Power does not corrupt - power attracts the corrupt.
Add some zeroes for fuck's sake - it's not like you're billing Medicare!
All of the sudden I've got this image in my mind of an elderly Jewish guy, "You don't think they actually spend $20,000 on a hammer, $30,000 on a toilet seat, do you?"
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
True, but in my defense I was more focused on getting a +5 Funny .
Power does not corrupt - power attracts the corrupt.
This just shows why you should always go with the car analogy.
You can't handle the truth.
If I copyright all my emails shouldn't I get a taste when the spooks read my email?
Yeah, and back in my day we didn't even have scratch, you insensitive clod!