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Much more likely than Google giving in to a dragnet warrant (of which there is no evidence to support) for anyone who conducted a search. Google has fought simi
by mike_d 6y ago
Much more likely than Google giving in to a dragnet warrant (of which there is no evidence to support) for anyone who conducted a search. Google has fought similar requests in the past [1].
Google has a dedicated group that investigates government backed attacks, like Russian disinformation and hacking. I never worked on that team while at Google, but I worked on a similar team at another company.
Normally nothing in a warrant will bar you from conducting your own internal investigation in support of producing relevant records. Sometimes that investigation yields results that are relevant but not within the scope of the warrant (the order you cite is only for a single Google account, not all Stone accounts). One way the legal department can handle such a situation is exactly what I laid out in my comment.
1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/12/11/google-gives-feds-1500-leads-to-arsonist-smartphones-in-unprecedented-geofence-search/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/12/11/googl...
2. https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/ https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/
- jeffbee 6y agoYou assume that Google legal would view the request as a dragnet, which might not be the case. You could argue that it's similar to asking a library to produce information about people who checked out a certain book on a certain date, which the police have done before.
- joshuamorton 6y agoOr cellphones in a specific geographic area at a certain time (which is a common-ish request both to Google and to cell providers).
- twirlock 6y agoGoogle is practically a government agency. Spooks should stop proactively lying about this stuff. You are literally the enemy of the people in the most tangible fucking sense.