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Besides the point that Whatsapp does not have the data, how does it make sense to stop 100 million people from communicating to prosecute one drug dealer? If yo
by guelo 11y ago
Besides the point that Whatsapp does not have the data, how does it make sense to stop 100 million people from communicating to prosecute one drug dealer? If you look at it from the point of view of society as a whole the judge has done a lot more damage than the alleged drug dealer. The judge has other options, such as issuing fines, that won't disrupt the lives of millions of people.
- gtirloni 11y agoFines have been issued over and over. FB's president in Brazil has been arrested. What else do you suggest this judge (limited by what the law prescribes) should do?
- easytiger 11y agoGet a grip on reality and attain an understanding of how these communication systems work, then move on to other avenues of investigation
- LoSboccacc 11y agodoesn't law there mandate retaining of all communications for service providers? if that's the case, as hinted by other people, and whatsapp has been found in violation of that requirement, then blocking it seems the correct course of action (given the judge cannot change nor ignore the law) the big IF is what the Brazilian communication law mandates to companies providing a service on their territory.
- icebraining 11y agodoesn't law there mandate retaining of all communications for service providers? From what I can tell (I can read Portuguese, but I'm not versed in Brazilian law), that's only for ISPs.
- gtirloni 11y agoISPs have to maintain access records for an year. Application providers for six months [1] http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2011-2014/2014/lei/l12965.htm http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2011-2014/2014/lei/... (subsection III, article 15).
- icebraining 11y agoAccess records, explicitly defined in that law as IP address plus date/time, not "all communications".