theprof00 on 20 November 2012
The bill only affects email storage: online systems that fbi and other agencies already have afull access to.
Currently, the only thing protected by warrant is your outgoing email.
The bill does not change this.
The bill originally required a warrant for everything, bringing up your stored email to the same protections as outgoing mail. Now that stored mail requires a subpoena. It's a small increase in privacy, but it's an increase nonetheless.
Currently they can look at anything coming into your conputer.
