The threat of the warrant, I think, possesses them to go ahead and give up that information over the phone.

Under law, you can be fined or put in jail for 30 days, but that's an extreme case. It's a last reserve we would use.

We've heard of the scam. It's a whole new twist. People use it to try and make money.

At this point, I think everyone understands that maps are a great way of presenting information and there are probably opportunities there, and that's long overdue.

I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New York for the summer doing modeling and commercials and auditioning for Broadway. The mother I lived with for the summer taught me how to drop my Southern accent.

AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo did not violate the privacy of any user by handing over this information. No private data was revealed. Nevertheless, by not pushing back against such a bad request for data, it leaves open the real fear that they might not push back if the US government decided to go on a real fishing expedition in the future. Privacy may not have been lost but trust was.