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They may ask, and you may plead the fifth, and I might decline to talk to the police on principle. Executing a general warrant compels everyone to “answer the

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• taeric 3y ago
  That doesn't really change much, though? For one, they couldn't compel you, even with a warrant, to testify against yourself. They can compel you to provide information against others, though. If we are against that entire concept, that is one thing. But that is not the argument here, is it?
  • heavyset_go 3y ago
    You can be compelled to provide evidence that incriminates you, but not testimony. It's the difference between "tell us if you committed this crime" and "we're going to comb through records of your past speech to see if you said anything suspicious and there's nothing you can do to stop us".
    • taeric 3y ago
      That is what I said, isn't it? Not clear on the relevance here, though. Google had information that they were compelled to hand over on someone else. If we want to argue that Google should not be obligated to record that information. I can get behind that. I could go as far as to say they shouldn't retain it for long, period.