I'd have to check my US law, but I'm pretty sure that a major corporation encrypting its internal emails and then trying to claim to a court that it can't produce documents under warrant because they're encrypted doesn't let the e-mail owners "win..." It gets them thrown in jail for contempt of court.

If you want some evidence to back that hypothesis: the e-mails you're talking about right now are encrypted. They're encrypted inside Google's servers. But it doesn't matter in the face of a court order. It's not like the Justice Department accessed these files that are being reported on with wireshark.

I cannot believe they were discussing such sensitive issues in plain text!

I'd be worried to admit that I signed up for free pack of crisps from two different emails breaking T&C

My tweet: https://twitter.com/stefek99/status/448045158836097024

What the hell were they thinking?

I just wonder if anyone will go to prison... And how will stakeholders / stock market react?