[kube-system]

Irrelevant. If they have a warrant they can physically knock down your door and search your underwear drawer.

[richbell]

Surely it's relevant to point out their long history of illegal surveillance and parallel construction?

I'm not claiming that this was the case here, I just don't think the government deserves the benefit of the doubt.

[kube-system]

We don’t need to guess, the article says:

> Working with Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics company, the agents studied thousands of Helix transactions, subpoenaed emails, and ultimately found one involving a website that allows users to buy gift cards with Bitcoin. An email associated with Larry was used to open the account.

If you’ve got an email address associated with a Google account, it’s a plain old warrant.