• @yeahiknow3
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    19 days ago

    The analogy works if you lease or rent.

    Rent a car, commit a crime, boom — rental company is on the hook apparently. Moronic.

    • @Zorque@lemmy.world
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      1919 days ago

      The rental company, on the other hand, is more than willing to turn you in to not be considered liable. Which they probably would be if they impeded an investigation.

      • @yeahiknow3
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        8 days ago

        Your modified analogy is broken, since it is impossible for an encryption service to provide the information being subpoenaed by definition. You wouldn’t claim Hertz is “impeding an investigation” by failing to use telepathy. Damn but authoritarians are stupid.