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...and a solution that would fail to preserve the chain of evidence. If there's a black box at any point, e.g. Levison produces information and emails it to th
by MustBeAShill 13y ago
...and a solution that would fail to preserve the chain of evidence. If there's a black box at any point, e.g. Levison produces information and emails it to the investigating officers, the doctrine of "fruit of the poisoned tree" applies.
- dllthomas 13y agoIt's a disruption of the chain of evidence, but my understanding is that "fruit of the poisonous tree" is something different: evidence gathered because of information the police should not have had access to.
- nitrogen 13y agoBy that logic, doesn't Lavabit itself, or the entire SMTP system, serve as a black box? It's really not any different from the intercept features in telecommunications equipment.
- joe_the_user 13y agoYeah you are shill, actually If the government needs to preserve the chain of evidence by controlling every step of information flow in every criminal case, well clearly the government needs to ... sniff/control/spy-on the entire Internet. Whatda-ya-know...