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Warrants are to obligate companies. We must also accept that some companies actively want to cooperate. They have their own agendas over who owns what data, agendas that often conflict with the views of privacy advocates. One would hope that market forces would drive these companies away but that doesnt seem to happen much these days.

>>sandwo+(OP)
Sorry to go there, but it's more or less the same as saying there were some in 1930s Germany who "just wanted" to cooperate with their government. Being too lazy or ignorant of why the checks and balances exist and voluntarily violating their spirit is not really an excuse, and I give no one a pass for it. If it's important and justified, they can follow the law and get a warrant.

Your comments read as someone who isn't aware of all the terrible stories of cops not doing their jobs correctly and in some cases going after innocent people on the flimsiest of evidence. They should not be trusted by default.

>>asveik+y2
No, they read like someone who has had to write realworld policies on handling such requests, not lawschool dissertations where there are no consiquences.