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>But look, "the innocent have nothing to hide" is an insidious and wrong idea Very much agree, because there's a difference between being "innocent" and actual
by forgetsusername 10y ago
>But look, "the innocent have nothing to hide" is an insidious and wrong idea
Very much agree, because there's a difference between being "innocent" and actually innocent. Only the former matters, it's subjective (jury/judge) and unknown to everyone but you, ex ante.
Sometimes the police are more invested in finding a criminal rather than the criminal.
- zubspace 10y agoUsually a warrant will only last a short time and the issuer must name a specific thing they are looking for. In this case it's clear that they only need to provide the data for a specific person. I also believe that Amazon could provide that data alone. So what makes them refuse?
- jschwartzi 10y agoBecause if they don't, I'll tell all my friends that Alexa is being used to monitor their speech for law enforcement, and to not say anything incriminating around one.