Re:Irish police to be given powers over passwords
by advisedwang on Monday June 14, 2021 @11:25AM
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> It is not clear to me that there is any restriction on the scope of information
Presumably the warrant defines the scope of the search. Of course the judges issuing the warrants aren't technical and generally cooperate with investigations, so I would expect vague and over-broad warrants to be the rule.
Re:Irish police to be given powers over passwords
by cge on Monday June 14, 2021 @11:47AM
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I'm not too familiar with Irish law, but the explanatory notes for Head 16 seem to suggest that the search warrants would be scoped by location, rather than topic.
Presumably the warrant defines the scope of the search. Of course the judges issuing the warrants aren't technical and generally cooperate with investigations, so I would expect vague and over-broad warrants to be the rule.