<br>This is an everyday thing. <br><br>When Google receives a legal American warrant (which they do) they follow American law and provide the information.<br><br>Including deleted gmail. Google, as required by law, keeps copies of deleted gmail for at least 30 days so that it can provide the messages when subpoenaed. Which they do.<br>
<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Jake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jake@spaz.org">jake@spaz.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/fbi-stumped-by-pimps-androids-pattern-lock-serves-warrant-on-google.ars" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/fbi-stumped-by-pimps-androids-pattern-lock-serves-warrant-on-google.ars</a><br>
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The FBI, which didn't have the right to search the phone without a<br>
warrant, obtained one on February 13, 2012. They took the phone from the<br>
parole agent and sent it off to an FBI Regional Computer Forensics Lab in<br>
Southern California. There, technicians attempted to gain access to the<br>
contents of the memory of the cellular telephone in question, but were<br>
unable to do so, said the FBI. They were defeated by, of all things,<br>
Android's pattern lock [not always notable for its high security].<br>
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Technicians apparently mis-entered the pattern enough times to lock the<br>
phone, which could only be unlocked using the phone owner's Google account<br>
credentials. But Dears wasn't cooperating, and the FBI didn't have his<br>
credentials. So it was back to a judge with a new warrant application,<br>
filed on March 9, 2012. That application, which was apparently supposed to<br>
be sealed, was instead made public and was located today by security<br>
researcher Chris Soghoian.<br>
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