Well, Google certainly has the money... http://www.statista.com/topics/1001/google/chart/977/googles-amazing-growth/

LOL. Yes, carpe diem seems to be a more suitable approach.

Stuff like this just makes me panic, and even more so when I see this: http://www.statista.com/statistics/192740/global-data-requests-from-google-by-federal-agencies-and-governments/

If someone feels that way, they're not that much of a Dad. And if the attitude of not giving men the same amount of paternity leave as women persists at Yahoo!, that's not really saying much about equality, non-discrimination and a forward-thinking company.

Such plans are always extremely controversial and there is so much to consider, seeing as how a)hacking is hacking, i.e., illegal; b) there is an ever finer growing line between that and the methods law enforcement, at least in this case, aims to use to prevent crime or gather evidence; c) on the other hand, criminals are going to keep using the web and new technology just like everyone else... so the question mark is of course hanging between protecting citizens' privacy and identifying those online accounts, communications etc. that really do need to be examined? There's also the point of hacking in to accounts located in foreign countries - doesn't that involve some interaction with laws of said countries, not just basing actions on the Dutch bill alone?