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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The analogy works if you lease or rent.

Rent a car, commit a crime, boom — rental company is on the hook apparently. Moronic.

[–] Zorque 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The rental company, on the other hand, is more than willing to turn you in to not be considered liable. Which they probably would be if they impeded an investigation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Your modified analogy is broken, since it is impossible for an encryption service to provide the information being subpoenaed by definition. You wouldn’t claim Hertz is “impeding an investigation” by failing to use telepathy. Damn but authoritarians are stupid.

[–] Zorque 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So... you're saying your own analogy is disanalogous...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Most analogies are, its better to stick to facts