Wikileaks: Gmail may hand over IP addresses of journalists

[SealLion]

This is another editorial written and published on Wikileaks. It is an adjunct article that I posted earlier about why Internet Anonimity is important to internet users.


Here's the latest gossip.

By Julian Assange (WikiLeaks)

A California court has issued a subpoena demanding Google reveal the IP addresses of journalists writing for a corruption busting journal from the Caribbean.

The August 28 subpoena, issued by the Superior Court, County of Santa Clara, as part of a "libel tourism" action taken by non-US property developers, demands detailed information about the operators of "tcijournal@gmail.com". The account is the main email address of the TCI Journal, the most influential journal covering the Turks & Caicos Islands. The Islands are a tourist mecca and tax haven in the Caribbean sea, and until August 14 were an independent British protectorate

Is this sad or what??



It's a very short read.

Gmail may hand over IP addresses of journalists - Wikileaks

Oh, and ya......
Any americans living in California???


check it out:

Subpoenas for records are rubber-stamped by US courts, meaning that anyone in a position to start law suits in California can obtain private information about Gmail users who are not in a position to respond in kind, including cash-strapped corruption busting journalists from the Caribbean.

Watch out, man.
Your up S**T creek.

[slikrapid]

looks like those threatened by such actions better use multiple proxies or they risk being exposed - guess the life in internet underground is no easier than real underground

[SBfreak]

Bah..the internet is not safe anymore..They should remove the word privacy from the dictionary....

[SealLion]

LOL. SBfreak. I think privacy only exists in the bathroom, yes. :)

[slikrapid]

Bah..the internet is not safe anymore......

i would imagine its safe enough for people that know internet (aka the system) inside & out

[SealLion]

WEll, you can imagine what Google and it's Gmail had to, and have to, go through in places like China. Basically, it's not even a real search engine over there.

Just as a catch-all filtering sort of thing.

Maybe Gmail already gives out it's IP address to government officials or some government department already there as part of it's 'deal' (made so long ago) with the Chinese Internet agency to remain available to it's Chinese customers.