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by theshackleford 833 days ago
> Uh, if you ignore a legally issued subpoena you end up with an arrest warrant and are usually quite promptly arrested. If that subpoena obliges you to hand over equipment and records those records and equipment are forcibly seized in the process.

Maybe once you've read the article, you can run over to Reddit and tell them that.

"While Reddit declined to comply with recent subpoenas for subscriber information"

"Reddit wasn’t willing to go along with the request, at least not in full. The company objected, arguing that handing over the requested information would violate its users’ right to anonymous speech. Reddit later responded similarly to a second and third subpoena request."