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This is why nobody listens to philosophers. Why, on any planet, would law enforcement issue a warrant to get user data from a company that doesn't have any use
by AussieWog93 5y ago
This is why nobody listens to philosophers.
Why, on any planet, would law enforcement issue a warrant to get user data from a company that doesn't have any user data?
You don't need to dive down into the fundamentals of logic and reasoning to answer this question.
- aasasd 5y agoBecause law enforcement is clueless. Or rather, they won't even bother with these nerdy distinctions.
- kortilla 5y ago“You’re asking for something that doesn’t exist” isn’t a nerdy distinction. Warrants aren’t like dollar bills the cops just pay to see things. They are issued on a case by case basis by a judge.
- aasasd 5y agoYou mean like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29042603 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29042603 ?
- sp332 5y agoTo make them go check. Maybe they got lucky and the site design was flawed. So they can say they did. The jury will wonder why the investigation didn't include the defendant's search history. Now they can say, "We asked but they didn't have it".
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