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I can imagine google sending their lawyers after such a request. Not that it makes any of this better, but, at least the cynical take here (google covering thei
by dclowd9901 3y ago
I can imagine google sending their lawyers after such a request. Not that it makes any of this better, but, at least the cynical take here (google covering their own ass so it doesn’t blow up in public) is enough to rely on.
- heavyset_go 3y agoTech companies like Google regularly just give police users' data when it's simply asked for. They all have portals that expedite this process. Some companies publish stats based on this. They get thousands of such requests a year, sometimes with warrants, and the vast majority are fulfilled without a fight.
- oxygen_crisis 3y agoGoogle's lawyers rejected the first two warrants issued for asking for too much information, it wasn't until after the prosecutors got on a call with Google lawyers for coaching on how to serve a more subtle warrant that they complied with the third.
- dclowd9901 3y ago_sigh_ nevermind. I guess I didn’t really dream up a scenario where somehow google lawyers would be motivated to comply with a service.