[credit_guy]

> While some judges may attempt to argue that warrant is needed

Not sure I follow. In the case we are discussing here, Police had a warrant. Are there known cases of firms handing over personal communications without a warrant?

[pas]

how can the data portals built by these billion dollar advertising corps verify the warrants?

are they reviewed by humans? is it enough to upload a blank PDF? or there is simply a checkbox with the label "i have a warrant, sure, sure"?

because in practice it could be any of these. then if there is something in the data, then law enforcement gets a warrant after the fact. how would we know?

[tantalor]

Except in urgent cases with risk of physical harm, the default should be to challenge these requests in court, even if a warrant is offered.

[primax]

They verify them with their lawyers. You know the legal team they have on staff?