“Some Hackers have figured out there is no quick and easy way for a company that receives one of these EDRs (emergency data request) to know whether it is legitimate,” he said.

“The hackers will send a fake emergency data request along with an attestation that innocent people will likely suffer greatly or die unless the requested data is provided immediately.”

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[–] tusker@monero.town 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

LOL, so dumb. Any requests from "law enforcement" should be completely ignored until there is a proper court hearing and warrants are issued.

"Law enforcement" is not above the law.

[–] mister_monster@monero.town 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's in the US, and at this point only on paper. There are plenty of countries where a simple request is enforceable.

[–] tusker@monero.town 2 points 11 months ago

And those are called communist hellholes.