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Police need a warrant to demand that data. Nothing stops the provider from handing it over willingly.
by sidewndr46 3y ago
Police need a warrant to demand that data. Nothing stops the provider from handing it over willingly.
- ROTMetro 3y agoHopefully this new 'the Government can't compel companies' trial shuts this down as well https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36614678 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36614678 Either corporations are allowed to be 'pressured' by the government or they aren't. But of course the legal system will make themselves a nice carveout for their uses like always.
- hackmiester 3y agoIt won't shut it down. The cops aren't compelling or pressuring the providers to give the info. They're just doing it.