[tedunangst]

How do you think warrants work? The police suspect Criminal Charlie of organizing a crime using pidgin, so they get a warrant, then they give the warrant to Charlie? "Please remember to cc us on all your criminal plans. Thanks."

[throwaway481048]

The issue isn’t about the warrant but the over breadth of the method for getting the desired information as it can leave other users vulnerable. Whether they have a warrant or not, this seems like overkill, because they could obtain said info in a much more straightforward way, assuming they have probable cause.