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DOJ asks Supreme Court to moot Microsoft email case, citing new law
- ggm 9y agoI felt quite motivated to acknowledge Microsoft having acted in the wider public interest defending this case. I know the mailboxes in question are "bad guys" but they were chosen to remove any sense we want to be seen to support their right to privacy against this warrant from the US. The Microsoft defence as I understood it was, a proper MLAP warrant needs to be made in Ireland respecting Irish law and determined by an Irish court system. US law stops at the border. I also believe that a bunch more tech companies like Amazon and Google rolled over in this space. Which, given how you and I UNIX heads like to rant about Microsoft bears thinking about.