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dotancohen parent

  > Not to mention that perhaps the state should pay for all this commercially unnecessary storage?
They do. Not upfront, but they pay very nicely for inconveniencing businesses when demanding the data.

Unfortunately, that often creates incentive for the business to error on the side of sharing too much with the authorities, even when proper procedure (warrants) have not been followed. It's the only way to retroactively get payed for all that storage and for the code to retrieve that data.


ricardobeat
Do you have any sources for this? Never heard of the justice system compensating a company for providing data.
dotancohen OP
Here's a source discussing Google specifically: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/technology/google-search-...

I know of smaller companies that have been charging since at least 2014.

sidewndr46
Why do you think telecom companies are so eager to comply with wiretap laws?

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