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You're correct that the judge hasn't ruled yet. However, not very many people, lawyers or otherwise, seem to be buying what Google is selling here. These kinds
by bragr 2y ago
You're correct that the judge hasn't ruled yet. However, not very many people, lawyers or otherwise, seem to be buying what Google is selling here. These kinds of chats are routine in discovery and disappearing messages like on Signal have regularly gotten people in trouble with the courts. Google's argument seems to boil down to they are special because reasons? And if they were so certain it was permissible, they'd still be doing it.
- lokar 2y agoMost (all?) cases I’ve seen are in finance where the SEC, FINRA, etc has special rules that call out text messaging specifically.
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- ameister14 2y agoI've seen a few in district courts related to Rule 37(e)(2) and signal in particular.
- noinsight 2y agoHere’s our friends at Amazon vs FTC: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/jassy-bezos-other-amazon-execs-used-signal-messaging-app-a-problem-for-ftc/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/jassy-bezos-oth...