Special counsel Jack Smith’s team obtained a search warrant in January for records related to former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, and a judge levied a $350,000 fine on the company for a delay in complying.
There are legitimate reasons for a user not to know they are being investigated. Treason would be one of them.
I completely agree that it should not be commonplace, nor automatic. Purposely placing back doors makes all our data insecure.
It’s not a dirty tactic to investigate people, especially where notifying them would risk the prosecution succeeding. How about those sharing child porn online. If they were notified that their isp was requesting their data, do you think they don’t wipe their drives? Or a drug dealer whose phone is tapped? Or a murderer who doesn’t know they are a suspect. Etc etc.
There are legitimate reasons for a user not to know they are being investigated. Treason would be one of them.
I completely agree that it should not be commonplace, nor automatic. Purposely placing back doors makes all our data insecure.
It’s not a dirty tactic to investigate people, especially where notifying them would risk the prosecution succeeding. How about those sharing child porn online. If they were notified that their isp was requesting their data, do you think they don’t wipe their drives? Or a drug dealer whose phone is tapped? Or a murderer who doesn’t know they are a suspect. Etc etc.