krishna e bera: > If the FBI had to use a subpoena it means the VPN provider wasnt > cooperating, but was forced by legal means to hand over the info. > > It would be unrealistic to expect any provider in any country to destroy > subscriber info after they had received a notice from a judge ordering > it to be turned over to police.
I don't know which is relevant in this case, but please note that unlike judicial subpoenas, [administrative subpoenas][1] in the United States are not issued by judges. [1]: <http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/administrative-subpoenas/all/> ("We Don’t Need No Stinking Warrant: The Disturbing, Unchecked Rise of the Administrative Subpoena," by David Kravets, 2012-08-28) -- Phil Mocek http://mocek.org -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
