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		ddalex on Jan 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of ac... How is this different from a warrant that lets prosecutors read your snail mail? I mean this passed the proper checks and balances of the law, and the only reason this is on HN is that's about electronic instead of paper mail, and it involves a big Corp.

ahakki on Jan 9, 2020 [–]

The post office doesn't have a copy of all the snail mail I sent and received over the past years. Gmail definitely does.

ddalex on Jan 10, 2020 | [–]

but if you have a snail mail hard copy in your home, that's discoverable.

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