As the court pointed out, diaries and letters would have gone to the parents in the past (I mean, they still would if people wrote letters). However, the magnit

As the court pointed out, diaries and letters would have gone to the parents in the past (I mean, they still would if people wrote letters). However, the magnitude of the data makes things a bit different. If I write something down in my diary, I know someone else might crack it open one day. If I write a letter to a friend, I know that that friend might give it to someone else or let them read it. But this isn't just letters and diaries. This is every page you liked, tons of post history, and every message you've ever sent. Sure, the parents would have gotten letters she possessed, but in ye olden days (ie, 20 years ago) those would have been letters to her, not from her. And it wouldn't have included letters she threw away. Or maybe hid somewhere. This is everything. So it's a bit complicated. In the end, I actually do agree with the courts... I think it's the most reasonable course. But I also think platforms like Facebook should give us the ability to delete data for this exact purpose, and we should use services like Signal for things that are truly sensitive that we never want to get in anyone else's hands.