alt Hacker News> Google’s head of security and risk operations responded to [a message about an incident] to clarify what had happened. They noted that an “officer arrived at reception without notice” and that the agent was “not granted entry because they did not have a warrant and promptly left.”
This seems like a very reasonable way to handle it.
Edit: Disclosure: I'm not an American.
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pavel_lishin • today at 7:33 PM
Telling the police to come back with a warrant sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't.
And these guys aren't the police.
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There was a recent secret internal ICE memo stating that they determined they were free to essentially engage in unconstitutional home invasions[1]. If they decided to batter down the doors at Google there is nothing stopping them.
The only thing keeping them in check is the courts, and that practically operates in geologic timeframes compared to the rate they are breaking laws.
[1] https://apnews.com/article/ice-arrests-warrants-minneapolis-...