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To be clear here, the government's only business in my example scheme is investigating the crime of say, Facebook, of allowing an 8-year-old to register. I wou

by xp84 4y ago

To be clear here, the government's only business in my example scheme is investigating the crime of say, Facebook, of allowing an 8-year-old to register. I wouldn't suggest empowering the government to compel Facebook to hand over the ID of said person so that they can be prosecuted for saying mean things about the President or whatever. As it stands today if the government is mad about something a user posts they already have the power to demand that person's IP so they can pursue them in meatspace.

pavel_lishin 4y ago
> I wouldn't suggest empowering the government to compel Facebook to hand over the ID of said person so that they can be prosecuted for saying mean things about the President or whatever. But the government _already_ has this power. They can issue a warrant. How is requesting their identification - which your example specifically cited - significantly different from demanding the person's IP address?