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Re:Hackers gaining power of subpoena via fake “emergency dat... by rosndo on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @04:15AM (#30852593)
It shouldn’t and can not be the responsibility of the recipient to solve this. All the blame rests of the federal legislators, not companies which have to process requests from entities without any clear mechanism to verify them.

> It makes sense to verify that in some way (such as a badge)

But that’s hardly real verification, a badge is trivial to fake.

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Re:Hackers gaining power of subpoena via fake “emergency dat... by kbenson on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @12:03PM (#30857083)
> a badge is trivial to fake.

Yes, but in certain situations is very unlikely to be present. It's not a great way to verify an officer of the law, but it's better than nothing, and lack of it is a good indication that someone is not one.

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