The exact circumstances around the search are not known. But activist Samuel Tunick is charged with deleting data from a Google Pixel before CBP’s Tactical Terrorism Response Team could search it.
Reminder that Apple/Google will absolutely give law enforcement all your cloud data if presented with a warrant. I know this for a fact. Most people’s phone data is synced to the cloud. Be careful out there folks.
And this is why encrypted backups should become the norm. Sure, they could always try to crack the encrypted file after it gets turned over, but (assuming you have a good password set for your account) we’re talking about a scale somewhere between “a few billion years” and “the heat death of the universe” with conventional (non quantum) computers.
That’s also why I have advanced protection turned on. Granted they could always get the encrypted blob and try to crack it at that point, but there has to be some point you’re willing to draw the line.
Reminder that Apple/Google will absolutely give law enforcement all your cloud data if presented with a warrant. I know this for a fact. Most people’s phone data is synced to the cloud. Be careful out there folks.
And this is why encrypted backups should become the norm. Sure, they could always try to crack the encrypted file after it gets turned over, but (assuming you have a good password set for your account) we’re talking about a scale somewhere between “a few billion years” and “the heat death of the universe” with conventional (non quantum) computers.
That’s also why I have advanced protection turned on. Granted they could always get the encrypted blob and try to crack it at that point, but there has to be some point you’re willing to draw the line.
I would fully expect any cloud provider to do the same given a warrant, but I’ve heard some will provide data simply because it was requested.