Mr. Slater said it best, so I'll just pass along his messages: Peace, here's the difference between your legal right to privacy online and your legal right to privacy offline: If the government wants to obtain a document stored in your home file cabinet, the law requires a warrant signed by a judge. The warrant needs to show that there's probable cause that such an intrusion of your privacy will expose proof of illegal activity. Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, however, some government agencies argue that they don't need a warrant to access your online data. They simply send a subpoena -- which doesn't require a judge's signature or the same burden of proof -- to the Internet service. Sign the "We the People" petition to let the White House know that the law should protect the privacy of your electronic communications. To be clear, Google requires a search warrant before releasing any data relating to contents of Gmai
