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brokensegueyesterday at 12:04 AM4 repliesview on HN

they used to claim that being Swiss based protected them from warrants like this


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gruezyesterday at 12:23 AM

Source? We need the exact claim here, because there's a fine line between "we're in switzerland, so warrants aren't a thing!" (outright false) and "we're in switzerland, which have better privacy laws than other countries!" (debatable).

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CodeWriter23yesterday at 5:04 PM

Read the wording, they aren't complying with US warrants, they are complying with Swiss-issued warrants. US LE/Intel agencies figured out this loophole some 20 years ago.

jojobasyesterday at 12:59 AM

Swiss police requested the data and handed it to the FBI.

brookstyesterday at 5:02 AM

Citation needed. They really said they were above Swiss law?

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