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What do you think is going to happen when DDG or Fastmail gets a FISA warrant? You think they will stand their ground and go to prison to protect your info?

History (like the PRISM project) says no.



>What do you think is going to happen when DDG or Fastmail gets a FISA warrant? You think they will stand their ground and go to prison to protect your info?

I don't know about Fastmail, but according to DuckDuckGo[0]:

   Does DuckDuckGo share my search and browsing history with governments?

   No. Per our strict Privacy Policy[1]:

   "Critically, it's not possible for us to provide search or browsing histories 
   linked to you in response to legal requests because we don't have them."

   "We don’t save or share your search or browsing history when you search on 
   DuckDuckGo or use our apps and extensions."
[0] https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/misconceptions/...

[1] https://duckduckgo.com/privacy


The article indicates even Meta pushed back on some of these:

> Unlike Thomas-Johnson, users in that case were given the chance to fight the subpoena because they were made aware of it before Meta complied.


I think those are two different orders: one with a gag order and one without.

In cases without gag orders, Google has pushed back or requested users fight the subpoena.

In this instance, Google got a gag order while Meta doesn't appear to have gotten one. I'm not sure how gag orders like this can be legal. I'm sure there's like Nat Sec defenses but it sure seems dangerous to say the target cannot be notified of such requests.


Fastmail is Australian, though?




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