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No. I like having my email service provider in a different jurisdiction than where I am geographically located so at the very least an international warrant is
by NickRandom 4y ago
No. I like having my email service provider in a different jurisdiction than where I am geographically located so at the very least an international warrant is required for any evidentiary information. I'm not up to anything nefarious in any way, shape or form btw ... I just enjoy 'fuggin wid da man' and making their life slightly more difficult should the need ever arise :) so an 'In Person' password re-set would be out for me since international air-travel with the risk of in-flight diversion, an unscheduled stop-over diversion or flying over the ‘wrong’ country’s airspace would be unaccpetable risks but everyone has differing threat models and differing aims and objectives when it comes to security.
[Edit to Update]: It also strikes me as an excellent water-hole attack vector.... Attacker triggers a password reset and then just waits for you to show up to reset location and bam! you got your man or you can tail him back to his home and get them there. Useful against both bad guys and people with large cold wallets. Ouch (in more ways than one) but see my point above about differing threat models.
- alfiedotwtf 4y ago> making their life slightly more difficult should the need ever arise Sorry to break it to you, but countries have had "Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties" for a long time. It's just another form that may take another day of two because of timezones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_legal_assistance_treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_legal_assistance_treaty
- NickRandom 4y agoDon't be sorry. I am / was already aware of those (in the trade referred to as MLAT's) so no reality-check needed (but thanks for pointing it out for other readers). Firstly, MLAT's are not Global (some countries play ball, some don't etc) but for that very reason I used the phrase "slightly more difficult" rather than any other word/phrase.