#subpoenas — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #subpoenas, aggregated by home.social.
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#Microsoft Gave #FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major #Privacy Flaw
Tech giant receives around 20 requests for #BitLocker keys/year and will provide them to governments in response to valid court orders.
It’s possible for users to store those keys on a device they own, but Microsoft also recommends BitLocker users store their keys on its servers for convenience, it also makes them vulnerable to #lawenforcement #subpoenas and #warrants.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/
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#Trump #DOJ unveiled a revised #regulation for #leak investigations on Thurs, restoring the ability of federal investigators to use #CourtOrders, #warrants & #subpoenas to go after #reporters’ phone records, notes or testimony.
The move by AG #PamBondi rolls back a #policy from her predecessor, #MerrickGarland, who was appointed by President #Biden, that flatly banned going after reporters’ info in leak investigations.
#law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/attorney-general-lifts-ban-on-subpoenaing-reporters-notes-in-leak-investigations.html?smid=url-share -
New #regulations detailed in the memo will allow prosecutors in #criminal investigations to use #subpoenas, #CourtOrders & #SearchWarrants to compel "production of information & testimony by & relating to members of the #news #media," the memo stated.
“Safeguarding classified, privileged & other sensitive information is essential to effective governance & #law enforcement,” #Trump AG #PamBondi wrote in the memo.
#Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech #journalism #Autocracy #tyranny
