FBI Served Secret Subpoenas to a Video Game Developer, Antivirus Maker, and More

[Zenaan Harkness]

> On Sun, Sep 22, 2019, 7:03 PM Zenaan Harkness <zen at freedbms.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 12:57:42AM +0000, jim bell wrote:
> > > https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0MtxXGmy?s=a3&pd=02h1yVjC
> > > FBI Served Secret Subpoenas to a Video Game Developer, Antivirus Maker,
> > and More
> > > Gizmodo
> > >
> > > The names of more than 120 companies secretly served FBI subpoenas
> > > for their customers’ personal data were revealed on Friday,
> > > including a slew of U.S. banks, cellphone providers, and a leading
> > > antivirus software maker.
> > >
> > > Shared from News Break
> >
> > So the anarchist says "hmm, opportunity, make everything pre-pay, and
> > collect no data", and GOV MIL FED CORP says "statute law says illegal
> > to not collect that data, you will be imprisoned" and the "gibs me
> > free shit 'cause I'm an anarchist socialist redistribution promoting
> > fascist" types (unfortunately the majority it appears) nod their arm
> > chair general heads sagely saying "well, yes, the government must be
> > allowed to violate every right because that's demoncratic".
> >
> > What a world...

On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 08:10:48PM -0700, Steven Schear wrote:
> I can't imagine why any user would expect anything else from your standard
> SV or public company. Only ideologically CPunk services are likely to
> structure so as to have practical means to tell governments, "Sorry but we
> are unable to comply, not only with your secret order but to prevent its
> public disclosure."


We post at the bottom, not at the top, round here - go on, it's just
a few seconds holding the down arrow key, you know you love it :)

As to "practical means" - 'contract', muffas!

Enter a contract with every client "we will only read letters and
documents served on us which are readable on a public website."

"Sorry your Honour, no I certainly did NOT read that gag order - our
Incoming Document Reading and Publishing service provider perhaps
received a gag order stopping them from making -our- incoming letters
public.

... and similar ...

Withhold consent or die, cowards!