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		mothballed 33 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FBI tries to unmask owner of archive.is Isn't the whole thing a request? The FBI has no power in Canada unless they go through Canadian legal channels, no? If I received a subpoena from a foreign sovereign I would just use it as toilet paper.

squarefoot 33 days ago | [–]

Pretty sure if Tucows had been in the US, the "request" would have been a gag order or something alike.

bossyTeacher 33 days ago | [–]

Until you travel to the US 10 years later for someone's wedding or what not completely forgetting about the matter and you end up arrested

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