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On what grounds could they get a warrant? They made the mistake, not you.
by trendia 9y ago
On what grounds could they get a warrant? They made the mistake, not you.
- bpchaps 9y agoI'm not sure what the specifics would be, but it would very likely be related to the emails that contained ongoing FBI investigations. (Which, for the record, is deleted and unshared.)
- duxup 9y agoPossibly the emails contain information that could harm a third party? In that case they would maybe have an incentive to investigate and be sure that the information was destroyed.
- throwaway76543 9y agoI think he's asking what grounds authorities might have to demand destruction of the information. Is there a legal pretext for going after information like this?
- cwkoss 9y agoCould the feds POST a confidential JSON blob to an arbitrary server to obtain a warrant to inspect that server's hard drive?
- quuquuquu 9y agoThis actually sounds like a legitimate threat vector. It's a bit like entrapment. You offer something they don't know they want, and then arrest them for interacting with you.
- lovich 9y agoHell, if they could inspect someone's drives based on sending them data it would make all warrants with computers trivial to get. Write a little script that just sends the data and doesn't even check if message is sent successfully, send a classified file to everyone you want to search, and bam you have legal access to anyone's computer at any time. It would be even more of a joke of probable cause than "I smelled marijuana" if the courts allowed it
- therein 9y agoOr even worse a querystring containing matters of national security so we need access to your access logs.
- anitil 9y agoHave you ever considered the fact that you might be a genius? An evil genius for sure, but still.
- cwkoss 9y agoI enjoy thinking about how to break systems. >:)
- chiph 9y agoFault isn't the issue - possession is.
- Spooky23 9y agoAlthough they probably tell the auditors the opposite, there is all sorts of potential data in there that is illegal to possess. Everything from the details of active police investigations, identity of undercover officers, pictures of abused children, investigations of child abuse, to HR matters, to attorney-client privileged information to secret tax data. In many cases, unaauthorized possession (and disclosure for the government person) is a felony. People do incredibly stupid things with email.