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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by brongondwana on Monday February 25, 2019 @02:27AM (#19243732)
Exactly correct. We already share customer emails under limited circumstances and for explicitly requested accounts only (we've never participated in dragnets and we don't believe this legislation will require us to either).

We have a standard process for verifying each request with the AFP and ensuring that they have followed due process to get a warrant for the data. We strongly support (also spelled out in that submission) keeping judicial oversight of requests - which this legislation does still require for the access requests themselves - hence saying that nothing has changed for us, since we have existing capabilities and we already respond to legal requests.

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by fauigerzigerk on Monday February 25, 2019 @04:27AM (#19244244)
Due process is not the only question though. FastMail users will also be wondering whether the content of their email has to comply with other laws made by the very same lawmakers that have just shown their complete disregard for privacy and a shocking level of technical incompetence.
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