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These subpoenas... (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by unspeakablehorror@thelemmy.club to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hey all -

Just curious if anyone has seen a notice related to the news below. Reporting says hundreds sent out and that in most cases the tech companies have to notify the person and give time to contest it. So it would be good to get a clear example of these admin subpoena notices so we can all be on the lookout:

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2675268854/

Or maybe this is some huge bullshit scare tactic.

Thank you!

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[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I rarely speak my full mind, especially online,

I agree with you that caution is good. Yet at the same time, this is exactly the "chilling effect" of mass surveillance, right? People start to self-police.

[–] mrnobody@reddthat.com 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah exactly. Well, while current admin knock China for mass surveillance, the US just allow 3rd parties to do it first who then sell the gov access to it all... There's no difference outside of US constantly having data breaches so all our info is everywhere.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

There’s no difference outside of US constantly having data breaches so all our info is everywhere.

i got a coupon to buy "identity protection" from equifax/whatever when the opm got hacked and then i got another coupon to buy again when equifax as hacked. lol