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The Supreme Court Will Decide If the US Can Access Anyone's Data on Earth

posted by mrpg on Tuesday October 17 2017, @08:31PM   
from the inconceivable dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would hear a major digital privacy case that will determine whether law enforcement officials can demand user data stored by technology companies in other countries.

In 2013, federal investigators obtained a warrant for emails and identifying information tied to a Microsoft Outlook account they believed was being used to organize drug trafficking. The problem was that the emails were stored overseas in Ireland, where the anonymous user of the account registered as a resident.
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If the court sides with the Department of Justice lawyers in this new case, the government will have unfettered access to the data tech companies store all over the world, provided it has a warrant. During the appeals court case, Microsoft's lawyers argued that the US is essentially trying to say that its laws extend across borders.

A superpower can demand all the extraterritoriality it wants.

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• Re:Is that really the controversy here? Re:Is that really the controversy here? (Score: 3, Insightful) by Osamabobama on Tuesday October 17 2017, @11:40PM (4 children)

  by Osamabobama (5842) on Tuesday October 17 2017, @11:40PM (#583724)

  I started wondering if doing that with the dollar sign was still a thing. It really took me back...

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• Re:Is that really the controversy here? Re:Is that really the controversy here? (Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday October 17 2017, @11:55PM (1 child)

  by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday October 17 2017, @11:55PM (#583732) Journal

  I think I $lipped it into a $ummary one time. U$er$ were incen$ed.

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  • Re:Is that really the controversy here? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 18 2017, @01:33AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 18 2017, @01:33AM (#583754)

    Yeah, that's what got Assange in trouble in Sweden.

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• Re:Is that really the controversy here? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 18 2017, @01:11PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 18 2017, @01:11PM (#583913)

  What about micros~1?

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• Re:Is that really the controversy here? (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 18 2017, @06:59PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 18 2017, @06:59PM (#584052)

  Why should people stop using m$? It denotes their essence. Not exclusively, alright, so what?

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