US Decides Digital Not Protected Fourth Amendment

The government issued the statement in briefs filed last week as a part of an ongoing conversation between the U.S. and Microsoft about what sort of data is protected and where.

Ealier this year a New York judge ruled that U.S. search warrants are good on all digital information, even if that data is stored overseas. Microsoft — which was at the center of the issue after withholding information held on a server in Ireland, Engadget says — challenged the government, saying digital and physical property should be protected equally. Last week, the company finally got its answer…

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