Nevada: Email that's sent in Vegas should stay in Vegas

17 Apr 2015 • engadget.com

It was just a few days ago that Edward Snowden told John Oliver how an email, sent from one New Yorker to another, could bounce across the world before reaching its destination. This decentralization is one of the internet’s biggest strengths, but the system has gotten Nevada’s politicians very worried about data security. That’s why Paul Anderson and Mo Denis are sponsoring a bill that would see all of the state’s government internet traffic remain within its own borders.

Someone is paranoid. Have they never heard of strong encryption?