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> They didn't ask employees to destroy evidence but to avoid retaining evidence in the first place. It certainly sounds like destruction. The words are writte
by oatmeal1 2y ago
> They didn't ask employees to destroy evidence but to avoid retaining evidence in the first place.
It certainly sounds like destruction. The words are written, then the words are encoded as text, stored, and sent, and then at the end, discarded.
- nl 2y agoIf the chat is E2E encrypted this isn't really the case. There is no storage.
- EMIRELADERO 2y agoThere is storage, it's just that what's stored is encrypted with a key that only the clients possess. A court could very well order the party involved to turn over the encryption keys.
- yau8edq12i 2y agoAnd before someone pops in with "but what if they deleted the key?" - well, then for all intents and purposes, they've also deleted the document, in violation of the legal hold.
- jsiepkes 2y agoThis is about Google Chat (in Google Workspace) which doesn't have E2E.