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Re:Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data by matheusmoreira on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:34PM (#21998603)
> They (the State prosecutors) have every right to collect and gather evidence to build the case.

They should have the right to do it. Actually doing it should be as difficult as humanly possible. It should not be as easy as sending a letter to Google and getting a suspect's entire life records in return.

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Re:Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data by ddalex on Thursday January 09, 2020 @03:43AM (#21999529)
Why not? How is this different from a warrant to search a home? Would you argue in that case that personal paper letters should be kept in a safe that's very difficult to open for law enforcement even if they have the warrant to do it?
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Re:Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data by matheusmoreira on Thursday January 09, 2020 @08:20AM (#22000929)
> Why not?

Because if it's too easy they will be tempted to do it as a matter of routine.

> How is this different from a warrant to search a home?

They have to actually go to the home in question in order to execute the warrant. They can't automatically search all homes.

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Re:Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data by ddalex on Friday January 10, 2020 @09:52AM (#22011288)
Even if tempted, they still would need to get warrants.

They can't automatically search all accounts - they need to demonstrate the probable cause to a judge first.

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