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> Why doesn't Facebook just build an admin portal so that law enforcement types can register themselves and then just be able to "star" a user/group page on whi

by zalew 16y ago

> Why doesn't Facebook just build an admin portal so that law enforcement types can register themselves and then just be able to "star" a user/group page on which they'd like information, fill out a short form for details (checkboxes, javascript date range, radio buttons, maybe a drop-down select) and submit it to the queue? isn't your idea similar to what Assange is talking about? http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2011/05/02/wikileaks-founder-facebook-is-the-most-appalling-spy-machine-that-has-ever-been-invented/ http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2011/05/02/wikileaks-founder-... It’s not a matter of serving a subpoena, they have an interface they have developed for US Intelligence to use.

rdl 16y ago
Actually, for intelligence (vs. law enforcement), you'd just take tapes (well, SANs, probably) of raw data, with a custom search interface. It would be unacceptable to an intelligence agency to have to ask for individual records in many cases; the list of names they're looking for would leak a lot of information. They want raw data so they can run their own queries in-house. Same thing applies to any other provider. Western Union used to deliver actual tapes to the CIA daily. It's either done by the company officially, or by an employee at the company, usually an ex-military/government person working in the security department or otherwise placed to have access. Sometimes intelligence agencies set up "captive service providers" who bid exceptionally low to win access to juicy data streams (Israel and phone billing...).