Canadian Surpreme Court Rules Police Now Need a Warrant to Get a Person’s IP::undefined

  • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    118·
    9 months ago

    This isn’t the police reading your mail. It’s you receiving a package with a dead rat and a threat in it and not being allowed to give it to the police until they get a warrant.

    The people they asked for an IP were directly affected by the crime. They were victims. The idea that they need permission from the court to turn over evidence of a fraud against them is completely fucking insane.

      • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        111·
        9 months ago

        Read the article.

        They weren’t asking some random third party for information. The payment processor is a clear and direct victim of the fraud. Fraud costs them a lot of money every year.

        It is impossible for the victim of a crime to ever not be entitled to turn over every bit of information that they have about the crime. There is no scenario where you have an expectation of privacy from the person you’re actively committing a crime against.