Yahoo 'threatened' by US government with $250,000-a-day fine

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d000hg replied

12 September 2014, 12:10
Who cares? Obama is welcome to read my emails if he's desperate to know what songs our band will do at church on Sunday, or what washing machine my wife likes.
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BrilloPad replied

12 September 2014, 12:05
Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post

I found it a bit slow

Try slowmail. That is quite fast....
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DodgyAgent replied

12 September 2014, 11:48
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

I've used fastmail for the last decade, never a problem that I can recall.

US based servers however.

I found it a bit slow
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scooterscot replied

12 September 2014, 10:45
I've used fastmail for the last decade, never a problem that I can recall.

US based servers however.
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kal replied

12 September 2014, 10:30
Any recommendations for an alternative email service, I have been with GMail for a while but think its time to jump ship again!
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zoco replied

12 September 2014, 07:49
Oh Gawd
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scooterscot started a topic Yahoo 'threatened' by US government with $250,000-a-day fine

12 September 2014, 07:46
Yahoo 'threatened' by US government with $250,000-a-day fine

Why anyone would use gmail or yahoo as an email service. Or any US data based storage facility.

BBC News - Yahoo 'threatened' by US government with $250,000-a-day fine

Yahoo 'threatened' by US government

12 September 2014 Last updated at 00:16 GMT
Yahoo sign outside HQ
Yahoo said the US government threatened to fine it $250,000 a day if the search giant failed to hand over user data.

According to court documents, the National Security Agency (NSA) had demanded that Yahoo comply with new surveillance rules, something the company said was unconstitutional.

Yahoo failed in a court challenge on the constitutionality of the order.

But the details emerged on Thursday when a federal judge ordered the unsealing of some material about case.

Yahoo's general counsel Ron Bell said publication of the material was "an important win for transparency".

Yahoo said that the government amended a law to demand user information from online services, prompting a court challenge. Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden disclosed the programme last year.

But the court documents reveal that the battle over surveillance between technology firms and the US government stretched back years before the Snowden revelations.

The new material about the case, first reported by the Washington Post, underscores "how we had to fight every step of the way to challenge the US government's surveillance efforts',' Mr Bell added.

"At one point, the US government threatened the imposition of $250,000 in fines per day if we refused to comply," he said.

About 1,500 pages of previously classified documents were unsealed by a federal court.
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