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As I understand it, things go like this. Detective: "give me all this users data and don't tell them you did." Facebook: "Without a court issued gag order we w

• darkarmani 12y ago
  > Detective: "Ok, I'll get a court issued gag order and get back to you." (LEO have this part down pat) So where is the problem exactly? Isn't the detective too late at this point? Can't they tell the user until the gag order arrives?
  • slavak 12y ago
    In that case it behooves the detective to obtain a proper warrant with or without a gag order, as necessary, before contacting them. Investigative procedure is not a new concept and we have a pretty well working system. There's really no need to give law enforcement fascist powers to do whatever they want without oversight under the excuse of "think of the children!"
  • malka 12y ago
    From my understanding, at this point if the detective still wanted the data (without a warrant), he'd get the data, but the user would be notified. However, if he gets a court order and come back to google, he will get the data without the user being notified. Basically it forces LE to go through a judge to get a warrant. This is a good thing imo.