• Rufio@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    They might be looking for something specific. Like they are investigating an individual, or network of individuals, and this is just a piece of that investigation. I doubt they are asking for this to randomly look for opportunities to charge people with a crime related to piracy.

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      If only we had legal avenues to obtain information from private companies… Oh well.

      If you have a valid reason to investigate people, then you can get a fucking warrant. If your investigation isn’t into an actual criminal act, then maybe you don’t really need that data so bad.

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        1 year ago

        Agreed. Glad Reddit seems to be doing the right thing here by acknowledging this.

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      The time it would take to ask for these specific users and the research needed wouldnt amount to the number they would bring in if this would just be a shake down, I would guess you are right