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>the kill switch should be disengaged so they have full access. Only when you’re legally obligated to do so, which is probably often not the case.

• capableweb 4y ago
  If the police comes knocking on your door with a warrant, aren't you legally obliged to do as they say? I thought that was the entire point of a warrant.
  • prvit 4y ago
    If the warrant is to search your premises, you may not be obligated to decrypt your servers that automatically shut off on unauthorized entry. Generally, but not always, a separate court order would be required to force you to decrypt your servers.
    • capableweb 4y ago
      If the data is on the premise, how would the warrant not include being able to look at the data? That's like saying a warrant wouldn't include data found in a safe, and that would require a second warrant. Now, if the data is remote, I'd understand it I guess. But if the kill switch simply burns the local data so only remote copies are still there, that kind of defeats the purpose of the raid in the first place.
      • singron 4y ago
        The warrant lets law enforcement look for and seize things. It doesn't necessarily compel the target of the search to perform an action. Normally you would oblige the officers since otherwise they would just cut open your locks, but with encryption, that's probably not an available alternative. Afaik, courts are undecided on whether you can be compelled to decrypt your own data. Corporations are held to different standards though. They are often required to share information about themselves with the government, are constantly involved with discovery processes, and generally have different expectations of privacy.
      • prvit 4y ago
        A search warrant will generally not compel you to open doors for law enforcement, it simply authorizes them to kick your door in.
• themitigating 4y ago
  Did they use it?