<story><title>FBI&apos;s ability to legally access secure messaging app content and metadata [pdf]</title><url>https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=21114562</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gnopgnip</author><text>The Stored Communications Act makes disclosing the contents of messages without a search warrant unlawful</text></item><item><author>heavyset_go</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s also:&lt;p&gt;* Law enforcement simply asks nicely: can render all message content for the last 1-7 years</text></item><item><author>xanaxagoras</author><text>They left off one very popular messenger, SMS:&lt;p&gt;* Message content: All&lt;p&gt;* Subpoena: can render all message content for the last 1-7 years&lt;p&gt;* 18 U.S.C 2703(d): can render all message content for the last 1-7 years&lt;p&gt;* Search warrant: can render all message content for the last 1-7 years&lt;p&gt;* Vague suspicion plus a small fee to the carrier: can render all message content for the last 1-7 years</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>freeflight</author><text>Just like the NSA spying on Americans is unlawful [0] the FBI terrorizing political movements is unlawful [1] or the CIA operating in the US is unlawful [2]&lt;p&gt;Yet, I&amp;#x27;m pretty sure all these are still happening, to a certain degree, to this day.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;us-usa-nsa-spying-idUSKBN25T3CK&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;us-usa-nsa-spying-idUSKBN25T...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;COINTELPRO&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;COINTELPRO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Operation_CHAOS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Operation_CHAOS&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>FBI&apos;s ability to legally access secure messaging app content and metadata [pdf]</title><url>https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=21114562</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gnopgnip</author><text>The Stored Communications Act makes disclosing the contents of messages without a search warrant unlawful</text></item><item><author>heavyset_go</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s also:&lt;p&gt;* Law enforcement simply asks nicely: can render all message content for the last 1-7 years</text></item><item><author>xanaxagoras</author><text>They left off one very popular messenger, SMS:&lt;p&gt;* Message content: All&lt;p&gt;* Subpoena: can render all message content for the last 1-7 years&lt;p&gt;* 18 U.S.C 2703(d): can render all message content for the last 1-7 years&lt;p&gt;* Search warrant: can render all message content for the last 1-7 years&lt;p&gt;* Vague suspicion plus a small fee to the carrier: can render all message content for the last 1-7 years</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AnthonyMouse</author><text>The people responsible for investigating and prosecuting such crimes have some not so great incentives to avoid doing so and keep the whole thing secret though, don&amp;#x27;t they?&lt;p&gt;And then when they get caught, they do this:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cdt.org&amp;#x2F;insights&amp;#x2F;the-truth-about-telecom-immunity&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cdt.org&amp;#x2F;insights&amp;#x2F;the-truth-about-telecom-immunity&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>