FBI subpoenaed Apple for data of Sci-Hub founder

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Post by __debugger__ » Sat, May 08, 2021, 11:50 AM UTC

FBI subpoenaed Apple for data of Sci-Hub founder
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Post by mariuolo » Sat, May 08, 2021, 12:36 PM UTC

Not much they can do to her in Russia. I also assume she's smart enough not to keep anything important in her iCloud.

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Post by egberts1 » Sat, May 08, 2021, 12:42 PM UTC

Surely Apple Legal team uses “gmail.com”?

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Post by acebarry » Sat, May 08, 2021, 12:59 PM UTC

egberts1 wrote: post #3

Surely Apple Legal team uses “gmail.com”?

The screenshot is from the person who received the email. It's unlikely an Apple lawyer would screenshot something like this.

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Post by hu3 » Sat, May 08, 2021, 1:10 PM UTC

Interestingly, FBI sent the request on 2019-02-06 and only two years later was Apple allowed to notify her.

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Post by BelenusMordred » Sat, May 08, 2021, 1:11 PM UTC

mariuolo wrote: post #2

Not much they can do to her in Russia. I also assume she's smart enough not to keep anything important in her iCloud.

> Not much they can do to her in X

I think you really underestimate the power of smear/ blackmail campaigns and how effectively they have worked in the last century for the intelligence services. This has nothing to do with upholding the law.

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Post by slim » Sat, May 08, 2021, 1:12 PM UTC

hu3 wrote: post #5

Interestingly, FBI sent the request on 2019-02-06 and only two years later was Apple allowed to notify her.

So FBI was spying on her for two years?

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Post by kome » Sat, May 08, 2021, 1:20 PM UTC

Alexandra Elbakyan is a hero. Nothing less than that. Let's celebrate her and the memory of Aaron Swartz.

Swartz was pushed to suicide because this oppressive system. Let's fight against this. Let's put our money and time to sustain Elbakyan's effort to open science.

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Post by ytch » Sat, May 08, 2021, 1:21 PM UTC

That's why I decided dropping iCloud backup and enable locally iPhone encrypted backup.

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Post by that_guy_iain » Sat, May 08, 2021, 1:28 PM UTC

BelenusMordred wrote: post #6

mariuolo wrote: post #2

Not much they can do to her in Russia. I also assume she's smart enough not to keep anything important in her iCloud.

> Not much they can do to her in X I think you really underestimate the power of smear/ blackmail campaigns and how effectively they have worked in the last century for the intelligence services. This has nothing to do with upholding the law.

But this isn’t a intelligence agency matter. Just standard law enforcement.