"it will hamper our investigation"
Well boo hoo. We have checks and balances and due process for a reason. It isn't about catching the bad guy at all costs.
They are systematically destroying the American tech industry with these types of moves.<p>In a global economy who is going to want to use American tech when they know any server will be wide open to the government.
Every time the government does this, they have to understand that the flood gates open for other governments to do this. Next thing you know, China will request data on Americans
Please write an email, or better yet call, your state and federal representatives/assembly people and senators if you care about this. There is an honest belief, on the Hill, that Americans don't care about this.
> And it says that responding to the warrant would not circumvent the privacy of users, because they have no way to know, or control, where their data is stored.<p>So if they add an option somewhere in the settings to allow users to pick where their data is stored this becomes invalid?
It scares me to think that the US will most likely have a president that not only doesn't understand technology but has proven that she cannot seem to appoint the right expertise to make up for that short coming.<p>I foresee more of this in the future. :-/
> “This effect is already harming important investigations, and it has potentially far-reaching consequences.”<p>So do some of the amendments to the Bill of Rights. Should we get rid of that too?<p>Edit: wow, this is being downvoted into oblivion. In the time it took me to write my comment, it went from the first page to the second. Other than DoJ operatives, I don't know who would downvote this, as it is important to our industry.
" And it (DOJ) says that responding to the warrant would not circumvent the privacy of users, because they have no way to know, or control, where their data is stored"<p>Heh.
Jennifer Daskal has some interesting perspectives on this on Just Security.<p><a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/33577/dangerous-implications-microsoft-ireland-case/" rel="nofollow">https://www.justsecurity.org/33577/dangerous-implications-mi...</a>