Showing posts with label court order. Show all posts
Showing posts with label court order. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

The gavel is mightier than the checkbox

from here and here (image source one and two)

Your privacy preferences (perhaps we should start calling them preferences instead of settings, since they really only express what outcomes we would prefer not what actually happens) don't trump a court order or a search warrant. If the authorities are part of your threat model, relying on a checkbox isn't going to do you any good.

Thursday, August 8, 2019

How not to improve your reputation

from here

It seems to me there should be a way to authenticate court orders so that things like this can't happen.