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Uh, what? What scenario are you trying to conjure here? The regime knows the person's Skype handle, but not his/her IP; and the knowledge of the IP someone enab

Uh, what? What scenario are you trying to conjure here? The regime knows the person's Skype handle, but not his/her IP; and the knowledge of the IP someone enables the regime to kill the person?! How does that work, exactly? Can you elaborate?

kube-system 3y ago
Yes, and in places like these, ISPs are compelled to provide address assignment logs, if the ISPs are not government entities already. With that info, they can show up to their physical address.
- uxp8u61q 3y ago
  Maybe I didn't express myself well enough. Do you really find it plausible that the government would know the person's Skype username but not their name? If they can compell the isp, why not Microsoft? They will obviously comply too.
  - kube-system 3y ago
    > Do you really find it plausible that the government would know the person's Skype username but not their name? Yes, people communicate under pseudonyms on the internet all of the time. Remember that not all governments have the same technological power as the major global powers... especially the most repressive ones. > If they can compell the isp, why not Microsoft? They will obviously comply too. MS has a limited physical footprint where they can be legally compelled to do anything. They don't operate in the world's most repressive regimes. And they do deny information requests all of the time. 25% of criminal requests were rejected by MS last year for not meeting requirements. And many of the world's most repressive regimes don't even appear on the list. Probably because they also say (emphasis mine): > Microsoft produces data in response to valid legal requests from governmental entities in countries where Microsoft Corporation is located. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/law-enforcement-requests-report https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/law...

kube-system 3y ago

Yes, and in places like these, ISPs are compelled to provide address assignment logs, if the ISPs are not government entities already. With that info, they can show up to their physical address.

uxp8u61q 3y ago
Maybe I didn't express myself well enough. Do you really find it plausible that the government would know the person's Skype username but not their name? If they can compell the isp, why not Microsoft? They will obviously comply too.
- kube-system 3y ago
  > Do you really find it plausible that the government would know the person's Skype username but not their name? Yes, people communicate under pseudonyms on the internet all of the time. Remember that not all governments have the same technological power as the major global powers... especially the most repressive ones. > If they can compell the isp, why not Microsoft? They will obviously comply too. MS has a limited physical footprint where they can be legally compelled to do anything. They don't operate in the world's most repressive regimes. And they do deny information requests all of the time. 25% of criminal requests were rejected by MS last year for not meeting requirements. And many of the world's most repressive regimes don't even appear on the list. Probably because they also say (emphasis mine): > Microsoft produces data in response to valid legal requests from governmental entities in countries where Microsoft Corporation is located. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/law-enforcement-requests-report https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/law...