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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by sicco on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:54AM (#26968758)
Afaik, Signal uses AWS. Is a raid/confiscation of AWS servers even possible?
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by heavyset_go on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @02:50PM (#26972720)
Yes, they're just one court order or subpoena away. With a gag order, you'll never even know it happened.
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:57AM (#26968784)
Why raid when they can just ssh in?
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by Y_Y on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:21PM (#26971128)
It's cheaper.
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by PeterisP on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @09:02PM (#26976258)
Of course, Amazon is a US company, so with the proper subpoena from a US court AWS technicians will [have to] deliver images of the virtual servers and/or remove them and/or modify them or whatever else is requested, without the right to inform the customer if the subpoena says so.
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by dylan604 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @10:33AM (#26969815)
Wouldn't the system see a raid's confiscation of a server as just a down machine and do the normal thing to bring up a new server to handle the load correctly? "Okay boys, now go get that server. Wait, now that one, now that one"
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Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central Distric... by BlueTemplar on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @10:24AM (#26969712)
It's always possible, but the collateral damage might be pretty bad...
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