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why? i'm sure they had a warrent

• richbell 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM
  • kube-system 4y ago
    Irrelevant. If they have a warrant they can physically knock down your door and search your underwear drawer.
    • richbell 4y ago
      Surely it's relevant to point out their long history of illegal surveillance and parallel construction? I'm not claiming that this was the case here, I just don't think the government deserves the benefit of the doubt.
      • kube-system 4y ago
        We don’t need to guess, the article says: > Working with Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics company, the agents studied thousands of Helix transactions, subpoenaed emails, and ultimately found one involving a website that allows users to buy gift cards with Bitcoin. An email associated with Larry was used to open the account. If you’ve got an email address associated with a Google account, it’s a plain old warrant.