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Search without probable cause.

• phkahler 7y ago
  Is it? They are asking to search Apple and Google, not individuals. Maybe they have a reason not to limit the data to people outside the country - like finding out who is actually shipping the scopes to restricted countries. If people are concerned, maybe they need to download and install apps some other way.
  • dbcurtis 7y ago
    > They are asking to search Apple and Google, not individuals. They are asking Apple and Google to tell them what individuals have on their phones. They are in a very practical and concrete sense searching the phones of individuals. > If people are concerned, maybe they need to download and install apps some other way. For an iPhone? Spell that method out for me, I am keen to learn.
    • fencepost 7y ago
      Welcome to the cloud. They're asking for information stored on servers that you don't control or own. Pretty sure the same thing applies to a lot of cloud storage email. If the FBI wants all of your email and you have a Gmail account, are they going to subpoena it from you or from Google? That's where part of the difference between cloud storage like Dropbox and spideroak show up.