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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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