OMG! H8rs want R IMs!

The Feds, launching part 16,325 of Operation Orwell, are asking big Internet companies like Yahoo and Google to store certain customer data for up to two years. Included in the mother of all hard drives might be emails, IP addresses, and even instant messages. (No, damn you, they're not "instant messenges!")

"The data would be used to aid law-enforcement officials in their fight against child pornography and terrorism." Even if that "would" should be a "could," the gubmint could undoubtedly also use those data to tally just how many working minutes Elise, Matt, and I squandered trying to decide between pan-Asian or Italian.