Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data

Re:Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data by ddalex on Thursday January 09, 2020 @03:41AM (#21999522)

How is this different from a warrant that lets prosecutors read your snail mail?

I mean this passed the proper checks and balances of the law, and the only reason this is on HN is that's about electronic instead of paper mail, and it involves a big Corp.

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Re:Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data by ahakki on Thursday January 09, 2020 @05:43AM (#22000080)

The post office doesn't have a copy of all the snail mail I sent and received over the past years. Gmail definitely does.

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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 @09:53AM (#22011293)

but if you have a snail mail hard copy in your home, that's discoverable.

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